Specifying properties to expose in the search index
You can manually configure which properties are made available in the search index in order to meet specific search requirements.
Before you begin
To edit configuration files, you must use the wsadmin client. See Starting the wsadmin client for information about how to start the wsadmin command-line tool.
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You can control which fields are made available to the search index on a per profile-type basis. To do so, enable support for the variable full text index in the profiles-config.xml file and then specify the properties to omit from the search index in the profiles-types.xml file.
By default, all properties on the profile record are made available to the search index if the individual property itself supports inclusion in the index. For a list of fields that are included in the search index by default, see Standard properties in the data model.
You can manually configure the properties that are made available in the search index in order to meet your specific search requirements. For example, your organization may need to not index a particular property in order to protect sensitive personal information that should not be exposed in search, but that is maintained in the Profiles application.
For information about the underlying Profiles search logic, see the How does search work in IBM Connections Profiles wiki article.
To specify which fields are indexed for search, complete the following steps: