Search multiple indexes

balegaspi · Post by **balegaspi** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:08 pm

We are about to implement Thunderstone search on our company website. I need to ask about multiple index searching. Can you maintain several profiles, each updated on a different schedule, then conduct a search over all index databases simultaneoulsy? Thanks.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any info on it.

Post by **John** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:51 pm

Yes, with the Search Appliance you can.

Post by **mark** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:56 pm

... by using the metasearch feature. Create a new profile as "copy of metasearch defaults".

balegaspi · Post by **balegaspi** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:56 pm

Thanks for the quick replies.

watterson · Post by **watterson** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:18 pm

We are using the search appliance.

I tried to create a metasearch profile and it doesn't appear to work properly. I want to combine profiles from the same machine.

I created a profile named 'comprehensive'

For Host IP or Name I entered 127.0.0.1
for Profile Name I entered www (which does exist on the machine and contains about 80k pages)

When I search using the metasearch for terms that return results with www, I get nothing found.

Any ideas?

Post by **John** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:38 pm

Did you set the "Visible" flag on the www profile so it is accessible? Also on the Maintenance/System Wide Settings make sure that 127.0.0.1 is a Cluster Member.

watterson · Post by **watterson** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:42 pm

John,

I just double checked, and yes the visible flag is set to yes and 127.0.0.1 is one of the two cluster memebers in the Maintenance/System Wide Settings.

Post by **mark** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:59 pm

Sorry, just double checking. That's the Visible flag on the www profile (not the meta profile) under search settings?

Post by **John** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:25 pm

If that isn't the issue you can contact our tech support as it sounds as if more detailed debugging will be needed.

watterson · Post by **watterson** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:48 pm

Mark,

Thanks, that did it. I was looking at the meta profile, not the www.