Chapter 6 - properties and Dimensions

ECR - Endeca Configuration Respository

• • use to store configurations related to guided search

  • host tools from the workbench such as exp man

index-config-cmd.bat

• • located in control

  • view and modify index configuration

    • tasks

      • get-config

      • set-config

      • delete-owner

      • get-merged-config

    • index_config_cmd.bat set-config -o all -f c:\Endeca\Apps\NewDiscover\config\index_config\index-config.json

  • index_config_cmd.bat get-config -o all -f c:\temp\config.json

  • index_config_cmd.bat get-config -o system -t attributes

index-config.json

• attributes

  • jcr:primaryType

    • endeca:property

    • endeca:derviedProperty

    • endeca:dimension

  • property attributes

    • • isEnabled

      • isRecordFilterable

      • isRecordSearchEnabled

      • isRollupKey

      • isWildcardEnabledInRecordSearch

      • mergeAction - Adds or updates

      • propertyDataType

        • alpha

        • integer

        • double

        • geocode

        • datetime

        • duration

        • time

      • sourcePropertyNames

        • empty - no property map to this field

        • if single value - the source property has its value map to the proprety

        • if multi-value - each source property in the list will have its value map to the property

        • omited - source property has its value mapped to a property of the same name.

  • derivedProperty

    • • property calculated by apply a function to a property or dimension value

      • MIN, MAX, SUM, AVG

      • The specificed property/dimension must be an aggregated type and have isRollupKey = true

      • attributes

        • derivedPropertySource

        • derivedPropertyFunction

  • dimension

    • • attributes

        • displayOrder

        • isAutogen

        • isEnabled

        • isHierarchicalDimensionSearchEnabled

        • isHierarchicalRecordSearchEnabled

        • isRecordSearchEnabled

        • isWildcardEnabledInRecordSearch

        • multiSelectType - NONE, AND, OR

        • rangeComparisonType

        • sourcePropertyNames

  • precedenceRules

"precedenceRules" : {

"cameraMegapixels" : {

"targetDimension" : "product.features",

"triggerDimension" : "product.category",

"triggerDimensionValueSpec" : "575"

}

},

• • searchIndexConfig

"searchIndexConfig" : {

"isWildcardEnabledInDimensionSearch" : true,

"spellingDictMaxWordLength" : 16,

"spellingDictMinNumWordOccurrences" : 4,

"spellingDictMinWordLength" : 3

}

recsearch_config.xml - defines search interface, snippet

• • search interface

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE RECSEARCH_CONFIG SYSTEM "recsearch_config.dtd">

<RECSEARCH_CONFIG>

<SEARCH_INTERFACE CROSS_FIELD_BOUNDARY="ALWAYS" CROSS_FIELD_RELEVANCE_RANK="0" DEFAULT_RELRANK_STRATEGY="All_Relrank" NAME="All">

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="6">product.name</MEMBER_NAME>

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="5">product.brand.name</MEMBER_NAME>

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="4">product.features</MEMBER_NAME>

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="3">product.category</MEMBER_NAME>

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="2">camera.colour_of_product</MEMBER_NAME>

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="1" SNIPPET_SIZE='25'>product.long_desc</MEMBER_NAME>

</SEARCH_INTERFACE>

<SEARCH_INTERFACE CROSS_FIELD_BOUNDARY="NEVER" CROSS_FIELD_RELEVANCE_RANK="0" DEFAULT_RELRANK_STRATEGY="" NAME="Features Only">

<MEMBER_NAME RELEVANCE_RANK="4">product.features</MEMBER_NAME>

</SEARCH_INTERFACE>

</RECSEARCH_CONFIG>

relrank_strategies.xml

<RELRANK_STRATEGY NAME="All_Relrank">

<RELRANK_NTERMS/>

<RELRANK_MAXFIELD/>

</RELRANK_STRATEGY>