Setting Search Server Preferences

Use the Preferences dialog to define the global parameters for the Web robots that are used in the Search server.

  1. Select Window > Preferences from the main menu bar.
  2. Select Sybase, Inc > Sybase Search Servers in the left pane to display the Sybase Search Servers dialog in the right pane.
  3. Enter:
    Table 1. Set Search Server Preferences

    Field

    Description

    Default Results Returned

    Enter the default number of results for Sybase Search to return.

    User Agent

    Enter the user agent name that corresponds to the HTTP user agent request header. This value is sent with all HTTP requests. For example, "sybot".

    Courtesy

    Enter a value (in seconds) for the Web robot to wait between successful HTTP requests.

    Download Pages

    Enter the maximum number of pages for the Web robot to download before it auto-terminates and saves the content it has searched so far.

    Error

    Enter the amount of time (in seconds) for the Web robot to wait between unsuccessful HTTP requests.

    Duration

    Enter the maximum length of time for the Web robot to spend downloading before it auto-terminates and saves the content it has searched so far. Since this amount of time may extend into days, you must specify it in an ISO 8601 format. For example, "PT24H."

    Connect

    Enter the length of time (in seconds) for the Web robot to wait to connect to the target Web server.

    Consecutive Fails

    Enter the maximum number of consecutive failures the Web robot is allowed before it auto-terminates and saves the content it has searched so far.

    Read

    Enter the amount of time (in seconds) for the Web robot to wait on a connection to receive a response.

    Page Tries

    Enter the maximum number of times for the Web robot to attempt to download any Web page. Setting Page Tries to a higher value enables Web robots to overcome temporary network or Web server failures.

    Run Indexing on Finish

    Proceed with indexing immediately after finishing the document store wizard.

    Restore Defaults

    Restore the default global parameters.

    Use Search Web Applications

    Enable menu options to view Sybase Search Web application.

    Web UI URL

    Displays the default Sybase Search Web administration user interface URL for the current connection. ${SERVER_ADDR} gets substituted with details from the remote connection.

    Note: You can change the Web UI address to an earlier version of Sybase Search.

    WSDL URL

    Displays the Sybase Search server WSDL URL. ${SERVER_ADDR}:${PORT_ADDR} is substituted with details from the remote connection.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes.
  5. Click OK to exit the dialog.
Parent topic: Developing a Search Service
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