Verifying IBM Content Search Services indexing

You can verify that IBM Content Search Services indexing is working correctly by creating a document, submitting an index request, and running a content search query to confirm the document is indexed and searchable.

To verify the IBM Content Search Services installation:

1. Start Administration Console for Content Platform Engine if you did not already do so:
   1. On any computer, open a browser and navigate to the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine logon page:
      • In a standard availability environment, the logon page is at http://CPE_Server:port/acce. CPE_Server is the name of the system where Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the HTTP port that is used by the application server where Content Platform Engine is deployed.
      • In a high availability environment, the logon page is at http://virtual_server:port/acce. virtual_server is the name of the load balancer or proxy server where the clusters of Content Platform Engine is deployed. port is the port number of the load balancer or proxy server.
   2. Log on as the gcd_admin user.
2. Make sure that you completed the tasks explained in Configuring Content Platform Engine for IBM Content Search Services
3. Create a document:
   1. In the navigation pane, under an object store, right-click the Browse > Root Folder folder (or one of its subfolders) and choose New Document.
   2. Complete the New Document wizard steps.
4. Submit an index request for the document:
   1. In the details pane, click the tab for the newly created document.
   2. Click Actions, and choose Index for Content Search.
      Wait a few minutes to allow time for the index request to be submitted and completed.
5. Verify that the document is successfully indexed:
   1. In the navigation pane, under the object store, click Search.
   2. In the Search tab of the details pane, click New Object Store Search.
   3. In the New Object Store Search tab of the details pane, click SQL View.
   4. Enter the following SQL query in the Query box and click Run.

      SELECT d.This FROM your_class_name d 
      INNER JOIN ContentSearch c
      ON d.This = c.QueriedObject
      WHERE CONTAINS(d.*, 'your_search_string')

   5. In the Search Results tab, verify that the SQL query found your document.