Enabling CBR for a property

Enable CBR for a string or string list property to allow full-text searches of property text. For example, you can search the DocumentTitle property of objects if you enable CBR for the property.

Before you begin

For a CBR-enabled property to be indexed, the class of the property must also be CBR-enabled.

About this task

Tip: As an alternative to enabling CBR for a property, possibly create a database index. The guidelines for selecting one alternative over the other are as follows:
  • For functional reasons, enable CBR on the property if you intend to search for property text as part of the object text in the full-text search expression. A full-text search is necessary to search for synonyms, word variants, and partial words such as 'like %foo'.
  • For overall system performance or for reasons of convenience, you might not want to create a database index. Some analysis and work is required to configure database indexes properly. For more information, see Guidelines for creating database indexes.
  • For query performance reasons, however, create a database index if possible. For more information, see Creating database indexes for class properties.

Procedure

To enable CBR for a class property:

  1. Access the class in the administration console:
    1. In the domain navigation pane, click the object store.
    2. In the object store navigation pane, click the name of the object store (the top-most item).
    3. Expand the Data Design > Classes folder and subfolders until you find the class.
    4. Click the class. A tab opens for the class in the details pane.
  2. In the details pane, click the Properties tab.
  3. In the Property Definitions field, select the name of the property.
    A tab opens for the property.
  4. Set Is CBR enabled to true.
  5. Save your changes.
  6. Reindex the class to implement the change. (You can optionally enable CBR for multiple properties and submit one index job for the classes.)
    For more information, see Reindexing a class.