Search Server Related Tasks

Search Index Rebuild

You can request rebuilds for the individual search indexes from the Commerce Manager. This is useful if there have been a large number of updates that you want to be reflected in the indexes before the next scheduled rebuild.

1. Log on to Commerce Manager.

2. Click on Configuration icon.

3. Click Search Indexes.

   The list of search indexes appears, indicating the name, last rebuild time, and status, of each index.

4. Select the index you want to rebuild.

5. Click Rebuild Index.

Testing the Search Server

To determine if the searchserver web application is running, enter the following URL in your browser: http://<host>:<port>/<path_to_searchserver>/product/select?q=*:*

If it is running, it will return an XML document similar to the following:

<response>
    <lst name="responseHeader">
    <int name="status">0</int>
    <int name="QTime">62</int>
    <lst name="params">
    <str name="q">\*.\*</str>
    </lst>
    </lst>
    <result name="response" numFound="0" start="0"/>
</response>

If the product index is populated, numFound attribute in the result element will contain a number greater than zero. For example, if the Snap It Up demo store is correctly set up, this number will be over 3000.

To test if other indexes are populated, replace product in the URL with one of the following:

• category
• customer
• order
• orderreturn
• promotion