Building an Enterprise Search Application Lesson : Lab Overview

Building an Enterprise Search Application Lesson : Lab Overview

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Building an Enterprise Search Application Lesson : Lab Overview

Summary: This is the lab excercises for Building an Enterprise Search Application Lesson 1 Overview.

Applies to: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 | Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Federation

Published: September 2010

Provided by: Anthony Butcher, Senior Consultant, FAST - Global Services, EMEA | David de Santiago, Senior Consultant, FAST - Global Services, EMEA | Roberto Fanelli, Senior Consultant, FAST - Global Services, EMEA

Part 1: 4 modules

· Module 1: Creating a Search Web Site

· Create an enterprise Web Site

· Adding a Site Collection

· Configure DNS

· Module 2: People Search: Importing Users from Active Directory

· Create two users in Active Directory Users and Computers management console.

· Configure a new synchronization connection

· Run the Profile Synchronization

· Crawling users from the FAST Query SSA.

· Module 3: Importing Keywords – Best Bests – Synonyms

· Manually creating Keywords and associated Synonyms:

· Using the Keyword Import Tool for automated creation of keywords and associated Synonyms.

· Manually creating Best Bets

· Using the Keyword Import Tool for automated creation of keywords and Best Bets.

· Module 4: Query Suggestions

· Query Suggestions implementation

Part 2: 4 modules

· Module 5: Basic Refiners

· Basic Refiners (manual configuration)

· Basic Refiners (PowerShell)

· Additional Steps

· Module 6: Managing Relevancy – Boosting a Managed Property

· Creating a new Rank profile

· Retrieve the default Rank Profile

· Create a new rank profile called bostoncelticsboost

· Use a managed property wholewords1 to boost “celtics”

· Set Static Rank Score to 0

· Adding the new Rank Profile as sortable option in the UI

· Module 7: Personalize Search – User Context Driven Search

· Create a user Context

· Configure User Profiles

· Configuring keywords and best bets

· Running searches with two users to deliver targeted best bets.

· Site Promotion – User Context driven

· Module 8: Federated Search

· Create a new search site

· Identify a searchable feed

Part 3: 3 modules

· Module 9: XML Properties Mapper

· Manage crawled properties and the mapping with managed properties

· Define the XML mappings

· Activate the XML Mapper optional processing

· Module 10: Fast Web Crawler

· Using the Fast Web Crawler

· Refeed your content

· Module 11: Connectors (JDBC)

· JDBC Connector configuration

· JDBC Connector commands

Part 4: 3 modules

· Module 12: Custom Refiners based on custom dictionaries

· Building XML dictionaries

· Enable Optional processing configuration

· Map the crawled property named wholewords1 to a new managed property

· Refeed content

· Module 13: Connectors (BCS)

· Setup Secure Store and Target Application

· Add an External Content Type

· Create a Business Data connection to SQL Server

· Create a SharePoint List based on External Content

· Configuring Crawl for the External Content

· Module 14: Search Report Analysis

· Browse Customer Reports

· Adding Web Analyzer to Search Results

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