Administer activity stream search

Administer activity stream search

Overview

From the Activity Stream Search Administration page, we can...

Update the settings for the activity stream source
Check the status of the activity stream search service
See when the search service was last updated, and when the next update is due

The activity stream source publishes metadata about activity stream entries and collects that metadata in an index. The metadata is collected automatically on a schedule, but we can also collect data manually, delete data from the index, and disable the schedule using the options available from the administration page.
To access the activity stream service administrative user interface, we must be assigned the search-admin role.

Administer activity stream search

Access the Activity Stream Search Administration page:
http://server_name/news/web/activityStreamSearchAdmin/activityStreamSearchAdmin.action
There is no link provided from the Connections user interface. Access the page using the direct URL.

To manage the activity stream search service...

View the number of documents in the index, see the Number of items column.

Check whether the scheduler is enabled, view the Status column. When the scheduler is enabled, we can see the result of the last crawl; otherwise, the status displays as Disabled. When the scheduler is disabled, periodic crawling does not take place, but the search operation still works on existing indexed content.

Edit the activity stream source, click Edit Details.

Name The name of the source service we are crawling.
Server URL Web address of the local IBM Connections server. The source and its server URL are automatically created when the News application starts up for the first time after the product is installed.
Seedlist URL Web address of the seedlist that will be crawled. By default, the URL points to localhost, which means that crawling is done programmatically instead of using HTTP.
Collect every Interval at which new data is collected from the activity stream. The default setting is 30 seconds.

Manage source metadata collection, click More actions and select one of the following options:

Collect Data Crawl the activity stream content and collects new data. Select this option to crawl for new data immediately, without waiting for the next scheduled crawl. When the crawler is disabled, we can still use this option to manually collect data from existing indexed content.
Clear Data Delete activity stream metadata from the index. Select this option to delete the indexed content and perform a full crawl. This option is useful to investigate unexpected issues but should not be used frequently as it is resource intensive.
Disable Schedule Disable the crawler. Selecting this option disables the collection of metadata but it does not delete existing metadata from the index. When you install Connections, the schedule is disabled by default.

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Roles

Name	The name of the source service we are crawling.
Server URL	Web address of the local IBM Connections server. The source and its server URL are automatically created when the News application starts up for the first time after the product is installed.
Seedlist URL	Web address of the seedlist that will be crawled. By default, the URL points to localhost, which means that crawling is done programmatically instead of using HTTP.
Collect every	Interval at which new data is collected from the activity stream. The default setting is 30 seconds.

Collect Data	Crawl the activity stream content and collects new data. Select this option to crawl for new data immediately, without waiting for the next scheduled crawl. When the crawler is disabled, we can still use this option to manually collect data from existing indexed content.
Clear Data	Delete activity stream metadata from the index. Select this option to delete the indexed content and perform a full crawl. This option is useful to investigate unexpected issues but should not be used frequently as it is resource intensive.
Disable Schedule	Disable the crawler. Selecting this option disables the collection of metadata but it does not delete existing metadata from the index. When you install Connections, the schedule is disabled by default.