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Report Library Integration With the Google Search Engine

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The Report Library provides the ability to search for content using the Google search engine. This feature requires an installed Google Search Appliance product and the following configuration steps:

Once you have completed these steps, you can search for content in the Report Library. For details, see Searching for Library Content.

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Configuring the Google Search Appliance

Before configuring the Google Search settings in the ReportCaster Server Configuration tool, you must configure the Google Search Appliance.

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Procedure: How to Configure the Google Search Appliance
  1. Log on to the Google Search Appliance. The following is an image of the logon page:

  2. In the 'Follow and Crawl Only URLs with the Following Patterns' settings, make sure that the Default Library URL setting specified in the Library tab of the ReportCaster Server Configuration tool is listed. For example, 
    regexp:http://hostname/rcaster/library/getreport\\?id=[0-9a-zA-Z]+&version=[0-9]+$

    Note: When specifying the hostname, every time a period (.) appears you must preface it with two backward slashes. For example, server1\\.ibi\\.com.

  3. When specifying the Feeds options, select 'Trust feeds from all IP addresses' or 'Only trust feeds from these IP addresses'. If you select 'Only trust feeds from these IP addresses', you must specify the IP address of the ReportCaster application server.

  4. Specify the Collection Name. Collection Names enable you to group data together to narrow searches. Click Collections, specify the value (for example, report_library) in the Collection Name input box, and click Create Collection.

    Important: When using multiple ReportCaster repositories, each repository must be configured to use a different Google collection.

  5. Edit the collection and copy and paste the URL(s) specified in Step 2 into the 'Include Content Matching the Following Patterns' setting.

  6. Click Save Collection Definition.
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Configuring Google Search Settings in ReportCaster

The Google Search tab in the ReportCaster Server Configuration tool only appears if you have installed the optional Google Search Appliance product. It contains the following settings:

Setting

Default Value

Descriptions and Possible Values

Collection Name

report_library

Google collection to be associated with Report Library content. This setting must match a Collection Name in the Google Search Appliance.

Feed Data Source Name

ReportLibrary

Source name for Report Library feed for Google.

Feeder Gate Server URL

http://{host}:19900/xmlfeed

URL to feed Google.

Frontend Stylesheet Name

reportlibrary_frontend

Style Sheet used by Google Search Appliance.

Install

YES or NO

Indicates whether (YES) or not (NO) the Google Search Appliance product was installed with ReportCaster. Install must be set to YES in order to use the Google search engine in the Library.

Search URL

http://{host}/search

URL of Google Search Appliance.

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