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Configuring the Analytics Index

This configuration file helps to track users' search activity so that it can be re-purposed in a meaningful way.

For example, if users search for a term repeatedly and if this term has not been indexed, then you can add content to link to the search term. Alternatively, after data mining a particular search behavior, you can help future users to find terms within pages that are associated with the search term: "Because you have searched for term X, you may also be interested in terms A, B, and C."

To set up an independent index for Analytics queries:
  1. Navigate to [Drive]:\[path-to-DSS-root-directory], and open Search.config in a text editor.
    Important
    Search.config acts as a hub for all InSite Search configurations and must be configured before configuring KeymatchSource.config.
    The example below displays generic code contained within Search.config.
  2. If an <add> element doesn't already exist for analytics within the <IndexingSources> element, create one. Complete the following steps in the <add>element:
    1. Enter an arbitrary, unique name as the value of the @name attribute for identification purposes.
    2. Enter Ingeniux.Search.AnalyticsSearchDocumentSource as the value of @type attribute.
    3. Enter the filepath to AnalyticSource.config for the value of the @settingsFile attribute.
      Note
      You can use a relative path to the default Keymatch configuration file (i.e., App_Data\AnalyticSource.config), which is included during installation.
    For example, your analytics<add> element and attributes should look similar to the following code:
    <add name="Analytics" type="Ingeniux.Search.AnalyticsSearchDocumentSource"
 settingsFile="App_Data\AnalyticSource.config"/>
  3. Save and close Search.config.
  4. Navigate to [Drive]:\[path-to-DSS-root-directory]\App_Data, and open AnalyticSource.config in a text editor.The example below displays generic code contained within AnalyticSource.config.
  5. Locate the <Search> element, and enter the filepath to the analytics index files as the value of the @indexLocation atttribute.
    Note
    The default value is App_Data\Index_Analytics.
    For example, the <Search> element opening tag should look similar to the following code:
    <Search indexLocation="App_Data\Index_Analytics">
  6. Locate the <Settings> element, then set the following <add> name/value pairs:
    1. Locate the<add> element with trackingCycle as the @name attribute value. In the @value attribute, enter the cycle of saving results to index.
      Note
      The default value is year.
    2. Locate the<add> element with batchPeriod as the @name attribute value. In the @value attribute, enter the interval at which results are saved (in seconds).
      The default value is 300, which is five minutes.
  7. Save and close AnalyticSource.config.