Configuring full text search to refine the search results
FTS configuration settings and their descriptions
The following table describes the FTS configuration settings in BMC Helix Innovation Studioand provides example values for each setting:
Configuration setting name | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
Full-Text-Case-Option | Indicates whether FTSis case sensitive. This setting affects all the FTS-enabled fields. Changes to this setting triggers an automatic re-indexing. | (Default) 0—Case sensitive 1—not case sensitive |
Full-Text-Collection-Directory | Provides the location of the directory where the FTSindex files are stored. | Default location: <install directory>/arsystem/tenant/<tenant name> /ftsconfiguration/collection |
Full-Text-Configuration-Directory | Provides the location of the directory where the FTSconfiguration files are stored. For example, the location to store the configuration files for the words-to-ignore and synonyms list. | Default location: <install directory>/arsystem/tenant/<tenant name> /ftsconfiguration/conf |
Full-Text-Disable-Indexing | Indicates whether the FTSserver processes pending indexing tasks. | (Default) F— Do not disable indexing. T—Disable indexing. Pending indexing tasks are processed after indexing is enabled. |
Full-Text-Disable-Searching | Indicates whether the BMC Helix Innovation Studioserver uses the FTS engine. | (Default) F— Use the full text search engine T—Disable the full text search engine Important: The database search capability continues to work even after the full text search engine is disabled. |
Full-Text-Exclude-List | Contains the extensions of files that must be excluded from FTS. | Example: .pdf, .xml, .png |
Full-Text-Ignore-Word-List | Contains words to be ignored during FTS. Search results will not contain the words that are added to this list. | Example: Articles (a, an, the) and prepositions (in, on, from, front, besides). Press Enter to add a new word to this list. |
Full-Text-Indexer-Log-File | Gives the location of the directory where the FTSindex log files are stored. | Default location: <install directory>/arsystem/tenant/<tenant name>/db |
Full-Text-Match-Option | Indicates how the FTSserver modifies search queries. | 0—Force leading and trailing wildcards 1—Ignore leading and force trailing wildcards 2—Ignore leading wildcards 3—Remove leading and trailing wildcards (Default) 4—Leave query unchanged |
Full-Text-Synonyms | Contains synonyms so that when the end user searches for any of these words, resources related to its synonyms also appear in the search results. | Type a word followed by its synonyms separated by a space. Press Enter to add a new list of synonyms. For example, PC workstation laptop desktop computer slow sluggish bright shiny |
MFS-Environment-Field-Weight | Defines the relevancy weight for the Environment field. This setting relates to the fields for which the application business analyst has defined the relevancy when Enabling-Full-Text-search-in-BMC-Helix-Innovation-Studio-applications. | Default value: 1 |
MFS-Keywords-Field-Weight | Defines the relevancy weight for the Keyword field. This setting relates to the fields for which the application business analyst has defined the relevancy when Enabling-Full-Text-search-in-BMC-Helix-Innovation-Studio-applications. | Default value: 2 |
MFS-Title-Field-Weight | Defines the relevancy weight for the Title field. This setting relates to the fields for which the application business analyst has defined the relevancy when Enabling-Full-Text-search-in-BMC-Helix-Innovation-Studio-applications. | Default value: 4 |
Full-Text-Reindex | Initiates the re-indexing of all FTS-enabled fields. | (Default) 0—Re-indexing is not performed 1—Starts re-indexing. |
To configure FTS settings
- Log in to Mid Tier.
- On the IT Home page, from the Applications list, select AR System Administration > AR System Administration Console.
- Select System > General > Centralized Configuration.
- Select the FTS setting to be configured and provide the appropriate value for the selected setting.
- Click Save.