Configuring an item type for free text search

Before you can configure Free Text Search, you must have installed IBM DB2 Net Search Extender, which is part of IBM DB2 Content Manager.

The Net Search Extender is an add-on product for the DB2 database that is responsible for the free text search and maintenance of the required text indexes. Net Search Extender should be installed with every Infor Document Management installation.

The procedure configures PDF files for searching.

  1. Create two new directories on your server hard-drive that will be used by the new text indexes.

    These new directories should be created on the 'Library Server', which contains the IBM DB2 Database.

    These new directories can be different based on the different item type used, or they can be shared between item types.

    For example: "D:\indexing\index" and "D:\indexing\tempfiles".

  2. Verify that Text Search is enabled in your IBM DB2 Content Manager installation. You can use the IBM DB2 Content Manager Administration Client to check this. The option Text Search option is located in the Feature tab of the Library Server Configuration Properties.
  3. In the Administration Client, open Properties for the item type you wish to configure for free text search.
  4. Select the Definition tab and check the Text Search box and click the Options button.
  5. Select the format you want to search in the Format drop down menu.

    For example, you would select TEXT if you wanted to search PDF documents as they contain pure text.

  6. Select '850' in the CCSID drop down menu, which corresponds to 'Latin-1'.

    A complete list can be found at the following link: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid_registered.jsp

  7. Choose EN_US in the Language Code drop down menu, which corresponds to US English I.
  8. Choose the two directories you created in Step 1 for your Index directory and Working directory.

    For example, you would input "D:\indexing\index" for the Index directory, and "D:\indexing\tempfiles" for the Working directory.

  9. Select the User-Defined Function Name menu and choose either a pre-created plugin or your own custom created plugin.

    ICMfetchcontent is for basic text formats, while ICMfetchfilter is for rich text formats like PDFs and MS Word Documents.

  10. Enter how often you would like to update the index in the Index Update Settings box.

    For example, to keep the indexes relatively updated, you would enter 1 for Changes before update, and Update every 10 Minutes.

    Consider how much you add/edit content, as well as how much content is in your installation as this will affect overall performance. More frequent updates with less changes will have a negative impact on system performance.

  11. Apply all changes by clicking Apply > OK in the Text Search Options window, then Apply > OK in the Library Server Configuration window.