Watson Content Analytics Version 3.5 information roadmap

These resources provide a high-level introduction to IBM Watson Content Analytics.

• IBM Watson Content Analytics

  The product home page provides access to information about the product, documentation, support, and tools.



• Product overview

  These topics describe the main components for content analytics and enterprise search.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Use this site to quickly access articles and demos about the product, download sample code and plug-ins, and access the Text Analytics Catalog, from which you can download dictionaries to jump-start your content analysis tasks. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.



• https://mediacenter.ibm.com/search/searchkeyword/Content%20Analytics" target="_blank">IBM Media Center for IBM Watson Content Analytics

  This site provides educational modules that are designed to help you get started, including video tours of the administration console, content analytics miner, and the enterprise search application.



• IBM Watson Content Analytics terminology

  This topic provides a glossary of terms and concepts.

Before you install IBM Watson Content Analytics, carefully plan your system environment. Such planning facilitates performance, the best use of your resources, and helps you to avoid potential problems.

• System requirements

  Ensure that you have the required software and a supported operating system. Also see the requirements for connecting to the various data sources.



• Problems and Solutions

  These release notes discuss known problems that might affect the installation or use of IBM Watson Content Analytics and, where possible, provide solutions for the problems.

These resources provide instructions for installing an IBM Watson Content Analytics system.

• Quick Start Guide

  The Quick Start Guide provides information about how to install the product in a single server configuration. The Quick Start Guide is also included with the product package on the Quick Start CD.



• Planning for installation

  These topics provide guidelines to help you prepare for installation. They discuss the different installation methods and the information that you need to gather before you start the installation program.



• Installing IBM Watson Content Analytics

  These topics provide instructions for installing an IBM Watson Content Analytics system on one or more servers.



• Upgrading to IBM Watson Content Analytics Version 3.5

  These topics provide instructions for upgrading from Version 3.0 to Version 3.5.

These documents provide guidance for configuring, administering, and integrating various IBM Watson Content Analytics components.

• Administration

  These topics provide information about administering the system, such as adding servers, creating collections, configuring crawlers, associating custom dictionaries with collections, and deploying text analytic resources.



• Security

  These topics provide information about the various ways that you can control access to the system, applications, collections, and documents. Different procedures are provided for users who install applications on the embedded application server and users who opt to use WebSphere Application Server.



• Integration

  These topics provide information about the various ways that you can integrate IBM Watson Content Analytics with IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM Content Classification, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, and IBM Lotus Notes. Information is also provided about how to export documents for use in other applications, such as data warehouses, business intelligence, and eDiscovery.



• Commands, return codes, and session IDs

  This topic provides information about how you can use commands to diagnose problems, determine the status of the different parts of the system, start and stop sessions, or start and stop the system.



• Video tours

  Go to the Demos tab to view videos that can help you get started with using the administration console.

These resources provide guidance about using IBM Watson Content Analytics.

• Analyzing content

  These topics provide information about using the content analytics miner to analyze your content and discover trends, correlations, and deviations in data over time.



• Video tours

  Go to the Demos tab to view videos that can help you get started with using the content analytics miner and enterprise search application.

These documents include API guidance and sample code to help you create custom applications.

• Developing applications

  These topics provide guidance for developing applications for searching, mining, and administering collections. The information shows you how to create applications with REST APIs and how to create Java plug-ins. Information about using the REST APIs is also available in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/docs/api directory.



• Samples

  This information guides you through code samples that show you how to search, mine, and administer collections. Sample code is provided in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/samples/rest directory.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Go to the Download tab to download articles, sample code, and plug-ins. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.

These resources describe IBM Watson Content Analytics Studio (ICA Studio) and the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), and show you how to integrate text analytic solutions.

• Installing ICA Studio

  IBM Watson Content Analytics Studio is an Eclipse-based development environment for building custom text analyzers in various languages. See these topics for installation and upgrade procedures.



• Text analysis integration

  These topics discuss how to set up and use ICA Studio for advanced text analytics.



• Annotators

  These topics describe the annotators for advanced text analysis that are provided with IBM Watson Content Analytics.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Go to the Text Analytics Catalog tab to download dictionaries that can help you jump-start your content analysis tasks.

These documents provide troubleshooting assistance for various components of your system. Guidance for IBM Software Support is also included.

• Error messages

  These topics provide explanations and suggestions for corrective actions for error messages.



• Log files and alerts

  These topics provide information about how to choose the types of messages that you want to log for a collection and for the system. Also learn how to specify options for creating and viewing log files, receiving alerts, and receiving e-mail about messages.



• Troubleshooting installation problems

  These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you install the product, such as the unsuccessful installation of prerequisite software or problems with services or processes that do not start.



• Troubleshooting administration problems

  These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you administer the system. Administration problems might include backup scripts not working, socket problems, port problems, and sessions ending unexpectedly.



• Troubleshooting ICA Studio problems

  These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you use ICA Studio, such as problems trying to access the Watson Content Analytics server.



• Support for IBM Watson Content Analytics

  This is the support site for IBM Watson Content Analytics. You can search for technical documents and other product related information and tools.



• Contacting IBM Software Support

  This article describes how to prepare for contacting IBM Software Support and how to contact IBM Software Support online or over the phone.



• End of Support dates

  This page lists dates when products go out of support. You can sort the list by product and by general availability date. You can subscribe to receive updates automatically.