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Configuration of the Crawler (from Web Parts)

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1.Go to Central Administration then Application Management and then under Thereforeā„¢ click on Configure Thereforeā„¢ Crawler settings. Choose Create New Profile.

 

 

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2.Define site collection for which the crawler should be used. In order to use a profile for crawling, the profile needs to be enabled first. Specify crawler options. The following options can be set: Crawler Direction, Operation Mode, Version Handling

 

Crawler Direction

Description

SendToTherefore

Documents will be sent from SharePoint to Thereforeā„¢

SendToSharePoint

Documents will be sent from Thereforeā„¢ to SharePoint

 

Operation Mode

Description

Copy

Documents will be copied

Move

Documents will be moved

ReplaceWithLink

A link is created in SharePoint that points to the document in Thereforeā„¢. If the direction is set to SendToTherefore then the document is moved to Thereforeā„¢ before creating the link

 

Version Handling

Description

AllVersions

All versions of a document will be processed

LatestOnly

Only latest version of a document will be processed

 

Define SharePoint document library that is going to be used for connection. Specify SharePoint Site and SharePoint document library e.g.
 
SharePoint Site:                                /legal
SharePoint document library:                /Contracts
Define Thereforeā„¢ category that is going to be used for connection e.g.

 

Thereforeā„¢ category:                        Contracts

 

Click Next button to continue with configuration.

 

Note

For Operation Mode ReplaceWithLink Link to a Document content type needs to be enabled for a SharePoint site. For more details refer to SharePoint documentation.

 

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3.Go to Windows Services and browse for the service Thereforeā„¢ Crawler for Microsoft SharePoint

4.Change the account which is used to log on.

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Depending on the usage of Microsoft SharePoint Server and Thereforeā„¢ Server account that is used needs to have read/write permissions in SharePoint and Thereforeā„¢

 

5.Start Thereforeā„¢ Crawler Service.

 

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6.Specify matching between SharePoint metadata fields and Thereforeā„¢ index data fields. If needed Query Statement and Update Statement can be configured. Query Statement is used to distinguish which documents are going to be processed by the crawler. Update Statement is used to update documents that have already been saved by the crawler.

 

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