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2006-09-13T11:36:17+12:00 (18 years ago)
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revision of GLI help text for version 2.71

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    13 <p>Indexes specify what parts of the collection are searchable.  This section explains how to add and remove indexes, and set a default index.  Under "Design Sections", click "Search Indexes".</p>
    14 <p>To add an index, type a name for it into the "Index Name" field.  Select which of the possible information sources to index by clicking the checkboxes beside them.  The list shows all the assigned metadata elements, as well the full text.  Having selected the data sources, choose the granularity of the index, using the "At the level" menu.  Once these details are complete, "Add Index" becomes active (unless there is an existing index with the same settings). Click it to add the new index.</p>
    15 <p>To edit an index, select it and change the index details, then click "Replace Index".</p>
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     14<p>Indexes specify what parts of the collection are searchable.  This section explains how to add and remove indexes, and set a default index.  Under the "Design" tab, click "Search Indexes".</p>
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     16<p>The top right of the "Search Indexes" panel displays information about which indexer is currently being used by the collection. This can be changed by clicking "Change...". A popup window appears with the list of options: MG, MGPP, and Lucene. Changing this affects how the indexes are built, and may affect search functionality.</p>
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     18<p>The "Assigned Indexes" list shows what indexes are currently assigned to the collection. </p>
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     20<p>To add an index, click "New Index".... A popup window appears with a list of sources, which includes text and metadata. Select which sources you want to index. The "Select All" and "Select None" buttons will check or uncheck all of the items in the list, respectively. Once a new index has been defined, click "Add Index" to add it to the collection. "Add Index" will only become active once the settings describe a new index that is not already assigned to the collection. </p>
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     22<p>For MG indexes, you also need to choose the granularity of the index, using the "Indexing level:" menu. </p>
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     24<p>For MGPP and Lucene indexes, index granularity is determined globally, not per index. The possible levels are displayed on the main "Search Indexes" pane, and can be added to the collection by ticking the checkboxes.</p>
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     26<p>A special index is available for MGPP and Lucene: an "allfields" index which merely provides combined searching over all specified indexes, without having to specify a separate index that contains all sources. To add this index, check the "Add combined searching over all assigned indexes (allfields)" check box and click "Add Index".</p>
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     28<p>For MGPP and Lucene, an "Add All" button is also provided, as a shortcut to adding all metadata and text sources as individual indexes.</p>
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     30<p>To edit an index, select it and click "Edit Index". A similar dialog to the "New Index" one is shown. </p>
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    1632<p>To remove an index, select it from the list of assigned indexes and click "Remove Index".</p>
    17 <p>To create an index covering text and all metadata, click "Add All".</p>
    18 <p>The default index, the one used on the collection's search page, is tagged with "[Default Index]" in the "Assigned Indexes" list.  To set it, select an index from the list and click "Set Default".</p>
    19 <p>If advanced searching is enabled (via the Search Types view), the index controls are different.  There is a new pseudo-data source "allfields" which provides searching across all specified indexes at once.  Levels are not assigned to a specific index, but apply across all indexes: thus indexes and levels are added separately. "Add All" creates a separate index for each metadata field in this mode.</p>
    20 <p>The name of each index will default to the source name. To change the name, select an index, change its details, and click "Replace Index".</p>
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     34<p>The order that the indexes are specified in the Assigned Indexes list is the order they appear in the drop down menu on the search page. Use the "Move Up" and "Move Up" buttons to change this ordering. </p>
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     36<p>The one that is selected by default on the search page is called the "default index". This can be set by selecting an index from the list and clicking "Set Default". The default index is tagged with "[Default Index]" in the "Assigned Indexes" list. If no default index is set, the first one in the list will be used as the default.</p>
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     38<p>The names used for the drop-down list of indexes on the search page can be set in the "Search" part of the "Format" panel (see <a href="searchmetadatasettings.htm">Search</a>).</p>
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