Search Service - Is it possible to search using "Saved Search Query"

Is it possible to search using a saved search query (created by advanced search in the Content Server UI) through Search Service. If we can do it, can you please let me know tht API details.

Thanks,

Vasantha

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Kyle_Swidrovich

Hello Vasantha,

This was recently discussed here on the KC:

https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/cs.dll?func=ll&objId=21554113&objAction=viewincontainer

Please have a look at that thread.

Cheers,

Kyle

Vasantha P

Thanks Kyle for the information.

So the conclusion would be , using the SearchService we can search using the search template but there is no API available for searching with a saved query object.

Will give a try using the template id.

Vasantha P

I have explored the "templateID" option for searching, the snippet of code looks as below :

SingleSearchRequest singleSearchRequest = new SingleSearchRequest();

       singleSearchRequest.setFirstResultToRetrieve(1);
       singleSearchRequest.setNumResultsToRetrieve(100);
       singleSearchRequest.setQueryLanguage("Livelink Search API V1");
       singleSearchRequest.setResultOrderSpec( "sortByRegion=OTName&    sortDirection=ascending" );
        singleSearchRequest.setResultSetSpec("where1=*&templateId=22565");

I have used this SingleSearchRequest object in search method of a SearchService. The template id that is used is existing in the system(http://<host>:port/<urlprefix>/livelink.exe?func=search.getTemplates)

But getting the below error while using the API of SearchService: javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: Set Specification Syntax Failure. You are not allowed to use 'templateID'

I have used the same template id in the url of the Content Server UI, and am able to see the results(http://<host:port>/<urlprefix>/livelink.exe?func=search&templateID=22565

Please help me in using the template id API for Search service.

Thanks,

Vasantha

Clay_Embry

I am having the same issue. There does not seem to be a way to search using saved searches or templates with the WS Search API. This severely limits the usefulness of this API. For example, without using a search template, I don't see any way to limit search to a subset of folders in Content Server.

Kyle_Swidrovich

Quoted cembry@opentext.com on 2012-01-06 02:28:

Hello Clay,

Everything you load into a search via a template can be included in a search through the API.
You just need to know the regions to search against.

In particular, your example of limiting search to a subset of folders in Content Server can be done by constructing a search against the OTLocation region. This region contains a space-separated list of DataIDs from the root of the volume (e.g., 2000 for Enterprise Workspace), through all parent containers, down to the DataID of the object itself.

So, if you wanted to search for anything stored in the folder with DataID 1234, you could use the query "OTLocation":1234.

Regards,
Kyle