To manually create indexes without using one of the Wizards, the Data Source, Data Source Group and resulting Index can all be created separately.

This is especially useful if a custom configuration is required, allowing multiple separate Data Sources to be contained within a single Data Source Group before being added to an Index, for example.

The following chapters detail the manual creation of Index components:

Creating a Data Source

In the Data Sources screen, the source data type is established and the configuration options are set accordingly.

Creating a Data source Group

The Data Source Groups screen contains a number of options to further configure and analyse grouped Data Sources with additional field options.

Creating an Index

Add configured Data Source Groups to an Index to configure a number of options including Filter Values and Display Field Layouts.

Creating a Search Engine

Search Engines group Indexes together to create a logical collection of searchable data. Search Engines are the easiest way of partitioning up data from a security perspective, as administrators can restrict which Search Engines a user, or group of users, have access to.