Can you help me create a simple search page?

Robert_Davies_(unlondonadmin_-_(deleted))

Hi.I am trying to add my own search page to Livelink, but I am having difficulty working out what form fields need to be present & what they do. I am using 'sbsearchprompt.html' as the basis for my work.Can someone from OpenText describe the fields used on the search broker pages, what they do and what values/options you can use?Also I need to know how to get the slice information efficiently. The search I am offering will be set to 'Enterprise [All Versions]' which on my system evaluates to '2079'. I want to be able to get this value for any system & cache it somewhere.I think that this would be a good area for some documentation.Best regards/matt.

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Kristy_Smith_(SCorUser4_(Delete)_1430871)

I contacted OpenText last week, as it happens, to ask the same questions (effects of each valid value for the search_type and TypeOfSearch fields, for example), and they don't appear to have any such documentation, or at least not any they're willing to give out. We had a lot of search customization done here, which I inherited, and it's been kind of hellish to maintain, debug, and extend it.In looking through the search modules, I found very little documentation, but there are some interesting scripts in WEBSBROKER | SBrokerweb Root | BrokerUtil that at least define all valid search_type and TypeOfSearch field values.Here's what we use to get a library reference:;Integer libraryreference = $SupSearch.SearchUtils.GetLibraryReference( prgCtx )I'm attaching our customized simple search page. Maybe it will help. What I found especially interesting is that you can use hidden fields named 'location' and 'search_selected' together to specify a 'top node' below which the search is performed; however, if the user leaves the SearchFor input field blank and hits the search button, results are returned from all over the enterprise without regard to the value in the location field. So, don't do that!I hope this helps. I'm pretty new to Livelink (about 3 months) and I wish search documentation was available.

Robert_Davies_(unlondonadmin_-_(deleted))

Hi Kristy.Many thanks for that page, I think it will prove very useful in my efforts to solve my problems. I can well imagine how hard it is to maintain without any documentation.I really would like to see someone from Open Text comment on this issue. Given how important the search engine is to Livelink it should in my opinion be documented at least to the extent of how to customise search pages if nothing else.Our main search engine for our web site is UltraSeek. It does a much better job in this regard, providing customisation documentation that gets you going in less than a day (even if you're not a Python expert).Any comments from Open Text?Best regards/matt.

Arlene_Elder_(GlaxoWellAdmin_(Delete)_1421884)

The problem with the Knowledge Center? No one from OT monitors it. As far a search goes, the interface is completely changed in the next release due out in August (8.1.3 + search module). I was at a Regional User Group meeting for Toronto and we had a presentation from the Search Product Manager who demonstrated what the interface will look like. Before you customize, take a look at the new interface and see if it adds what you want. The product manager said he could make the search available to people who wanted to take a look at it. I highly reccomend this because it has drastically changed.Sorry I dont know the guys name. The person in charge of the Toronto RUG is Andrea Murdoch and she might be able to get you his name so you can see the latest version.

AT&TLDSAdmin_(Delete)_1662509

Hope Andrea does not kill me for giving her email address.A project is setup in Knowledge Center.http://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=2069822&objAction=browse&sort=nameand either Linda (lelder@opentext.com), Warren (wbclark@opentext.com), Christine (cmarshal@opentext.com), Doug (dcohen@opentext.com) or Praj (ppatel@opentext.com) is the Search contact.Andrea mentions "If you would like to sign up to test the new Search GUI let me know and I will arrange it with Doug."So there you go .... Cheers

Judy__Thorne_(jthorne_(Delete)_2059066)

Hey Matt,I have some code that may help you. It's mostly HTML and Javascript assembled as ASP files but it could just as easily be translated to JSP pages as well.The references in the embededed URLs will need to be changed to reflect your server. It also assumes that directory services is in place although if not, you will be asked to authenticate before the search is sent.It may get you started...dale_baldwin@enron.net