Testing the Crawl

About this task

Once the OneDrive for Business connector has been installed into your Watson™ Explorer Engine installation, you will likely want to run several tests to determine that it is functioning correctly. What follows are recommended steps to test the OneDrive for Business connector to ensure that it is working properly:

Procedure

  1. In the Watson Explorer Engine administration tool's Configuration tab, navigate to your site collection seed configuration display.
  2. Test It - Click Test It to verify initial connectivity and that the OneDrive for Business connector is successfully communicating with OneDrive for Business. See Using "Test-it" for more detailed information on how to use this tool.
  3. Confirm Authentication - Once connectivity has been successfully tested, enter the proper OneDrive authentication type, user name and password.
  4. Null Search - Perform a null search by simply clicking the search button in your Watson Explorer Engine or Watson Explorer Application Builder search display. If results are not displayed, something is likely not configured properly. A null search should return all results.
  5. Document Search - If results are successfully displayed, then test the search bar by searching for a document that is already known to be part of the index. For instance, an administrator may search for a document that they added to OneDrive previously and therefore know that this document should be returned as a search result by the OneDrive for Business connector.
  6. Document Count - At this point, it is suggested to test the overall document count in the search results. Perform a search query. Note the number of results. Add a document to OneDrive for Business and perform the same search. The total results should now be increased.
    Note:

    Many of the tests here can safely be performed in a production environment. However, it may be harder to determine their effect. For example, if you are adding documents while other users are adding documents, it may be difficult to confirm that your document is the one that directly impacted the search results.

Results

The OneDrive for Business connector should successfully perform each of the tests in the previous list. If not, you may not have configured the OneDrive for Business connector correctly, or an issue may exist in your computing environment that is preventing successful connectivity and document retrieval. The next section lists common steps to identify and debug such problems.