Customizing Advanced Search Options

You can automatically open the Advanced Search Options panel when you log in. You can also change the default list of asset types and asset properties to search for.

Before you begin

You must have the Information Governance Catalog Glossary Administrator role.

Procedure

  1. Open a command-line window on the server where IBM® InfoSphere® Information Governance Catalog is installed.
  2. In the command shell, go to installation_directory\ASBServer\bin directory, where installation_directory is the directory where IBM InfoSphere Information Server was installed.
  3. To automatically open the Advanced Search Options panel when you log in, type this command at the command-line prompt.
    Microsoft Windows
    iisAdmin.bat -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.showSearchOptions -value true
    UNIX
    iisAdmin.sh -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.showSearchOptions -value true
  4. To define the default list of asset types to search for, type this command at the command-line prompt.
    Microsoft Windows
    iisAdmin.bat -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.defaultSearchTypes -value ASSET_REST_NAME
    UNIX
    iisAdmin.sh -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.defaultSearchTypes -value ASSET_REST_NAME

    ASSET_REST_NAME is the REST name of the asset. To list more than one asset type, use a comma (,) to separate the types. For example, the value might be term, database_table, database_view.

  5. To define the default list of asset properties to search for, type this command at the command-line prompt.
    Microsoft Windows
    iisAdmin.bat -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.defaultSearchProperties -value PROPERTY_NAME
    UNIX
    iisAdmin.sh -set -key com.ibm.iis.gov.vr.setting.defaultSearchProperties -value PROPERTY_NAME

    PROPERTY_NAME is the name of the asset property. To list more than one asset property, use a comma (,) to separate the properties. For example, the value might be Name,Long\ Description. As in the example, use the backslash (\) when a property name contains a space.

    It is not necessary to restart IBM WebSphere® Application Server. InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog picks up the new value automatically, within a minute.