Building the WebSphere Commerce search index

• Log on as a WebSphere Commerce non-root user.
• Log on with a user profile that has *SECOFR authority.
• Log on with a user ID that is a member of the Windows Administration group.

• WC_installdir/bin
• WCDE_installdir\bin

instance_name

The name of the WebSphere Commerce instance with which you are working (for example, demo).

The instance name is optional in WebSphere Commerce Developer.

masterCatalogId

Required: The ID of the master catalog (for example, 10101).

If you do not know the master catalog ID, run the following SQL:

SQL: select * from catalog where IDENTIFIER='STORE_IDENTIFIER'

To find the master catalog ID for an Extended Site store:

1. Find the store ID:

   select * from storeent where IDENTIFIER='STORE_IDENTIFIER'
   

2. Use the storeent_id as the store_id in the following SQL to find the catalog asset store ID of this Extended Site store:

   
   select * from storerel where store_id=XXXXXX and streltyp_id=-4 and relatedstore_id not in (XXXXXX)
   

   Where XXXXXX is the storeent_id from the SQL in step 3.a when building the search index.
3. Get the master catalog ID:

   
   select * from storecat where storeent_id=YYYYYY and mastercatalog='1'
   

   Where YYYYYY is the relatedstore_id from step 3.b when building the search index.

localename

Optional: The locale to index.

• All
• en_US
• fr_FR
• de_DE
• it_IT
• es_ES
• pt_BR
• zh_CN
• zh_TW
• ko_KR
• ja_JP
• ru_RU
• ro_RO
• pl_PL

The default value is All.

indextype

Optional: Indicates the search engine index to set up for a more granular level of indexing.

Valid values:

• CatalogEntry: Sets up the index for catalog entries in the master catalog.
• CatalogGroup: Sets up the index for categories in the master catalog.

  If you do not use the indextype parameter, both the CatalogEntry and CatalogGroup indexes are built by default.

indexSubType

Optional: Indicates the search engine index subtypes to set up.

Valid values:

Structured

Sets up the index for structured content.

Unstructured

Sets up the index for unstructured content.

WebContent

Sets up the index for site content.

Inventory

Sets up the index for inventory data.

If you do not use the indexSubType parameter, the Structured, Unstructured, and WebContent index subtypes are built by default. If you set the indextype to be CatalogGroup, you can set the indexSubType to be Structured. You can set any indexSubType value when you set CatalogEntry to be the indextype value.

dbuser

Required for DB2 and Oracle databases:

The name of the user who is connecting to the database.

The user ID connecting to the database.

Optional for Derby databases.

dbuserpwd

Required for DB2 and Oracle databases: The password for the user who is connecting to the database.

Alternatively, you can use the passwordFile parameter to specify the encrypted password from a file.

Optional for Derby databases.

fullbuild

Optional: A flag that indicates whether it is a full index build. The accepted values are either true or false. The default value is true.

statusInterval

Optional: The interval in milliseconds that the utility uses to check the index building status. The default value is 10,000 milliseconds.

Note: If it takes too long to index many languages, reduce the status interval to a lower value.

basePath

Optional: A list of directories which contains the manifest.txt file for web content. For instance, WCDE_installdir\workspace\Stores\WebContent\Madisons\StaticContent\en_US is for the Madisons starter store in United States English.

In Extended Sites, if different Extended Site stores have their own pages to index, multiple directories are passed into -basePath separated by a comma. In this case, the -storeId must be provided, with the order of the storeIds according to the order of the basePath.

searchuser

Optional: The user name of the search server. This parameter is required if WebSphere Application Security is enabled for WebSphere Commerce search.

searchuserpwd

Optional: The password of the search server user. This parameter is required if WebSphere Application Security is enabled for WebSphere Commerce search.

solrConnTimeout

Optional: The time in milliseconds that the Solr connection stays open before it times out. The default value is 100 milliseconds. Use this parameter if you encounter timeout issues when you run the di-buildindex utility.

soTimeout

Optional: The time in milliseconds that the socket read stays open before it times out. Use this parameter if you encounter timeout issues when you run the di-buildindex utility.

storeId

Optional: Used with basePath, in Extended Sites, if different Extended Site stores have their own pages to index, multiple directories are passed into -basePath separated by a comma. In this case, the -storeId must be provided, with the order of the storeIds according to the order of the basePath.

webcontentDelete

Optional: A flag to indicate whether WebSphere Commerce search deletes the site content index. For instance, to delete and rebuild the current site content index: Run the di-buildindex utility, specify webcontentDelete= true, then rerun the di-buildindex utility and specify webcontentDelete = false.

The default value is false.

workspace

Optional: The workspace index to build. This value is case-sensitive. If specified, the specified workspace index is built. If not specified, the base schema index is built. The default value is to build the base schema index.

To get the workspace ID, either:

• Open the workspace in the Workspace Management tool in the Management Center. The workspace code is the workspace ID; or
• If the workspace has an active task group, run the following SQL query: select * from cmwsschema, where the workspace ID is listed under the workspace column.

dbURL

¹ The database URL the utility uses to connect to the database. If not provided, the utility constructs a database URL based on the default database value.

retries

Optional: Indicates the number of times the utility retries sending a status command check to the Solr server before indicating that the di-buildindex utility has failed. Retries might help resolve minor issues during the index build. For example, to recover from temporary networking errors.

You must apply the interim fix for APAR #JR49048 to use this parameter.

numOfLangsParallel

Optional: Indicates the number of languages to build in parallel. For example, indicating 2 results in the first two languages being built in parallel, followed by the next two when complete, until all languages are built. If not specified, all languages are built at the same time.

You must apply the interim fix for APAR #JR53029 to use this parameter.

passwordFile

Optional: The full path to the password.properties file that contains the password for the user who is connecting to the database. For instance, C:\password.properties.

The password.properties file contains the following content:

dbUserPassword=encrypted_pwd

Where encrypted_pwd is the password that is encrypted with the wcs_encrypt utility.

restartTime

The restart time to begin invalidating the cache. The input pattern is MM/dd/yyyy_HH:mm:ss.

Note: This parameter does not support Derby databases.

If there is any error in the wc-dataimport-buildindex.log, you can find more information from Solr_profiledir/logs/solrServer/SystemOut.log

To get more logging information, update the logging level from INFO to FINEST in the WC_installdir/instances/instance_name/xml/config/dataimport/buildindex-logging.properties file:

# Default global logging level, INFO
.level=FINEST

# Default global logging level, INFO
com.ibm.commerce.level=FINEST

# Limiting size of output file in bytes:
java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=50000000

# Number of output files to cycle through
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=2