Search Party
Finding a Google Appliance Solution
Shawn Lee
Sri Ranganathan
Melissa Rubik
Leslie Sherman
Agenda
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Introduction to the GSA
The IPHE Bulletin Search Solution
Demo
Finding More Information
What is the GSA?
• Google Search Appliance
• The power of Google Search
in a box
• Full control
Unique Features
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Ingests non-public content (databases, file shares)
Customizable crawl schedule
Feeding (vs. crawling)
Sorting by metadata
Dynamic/faceted navigation
Wildcard search
Collections
Document preview
AITS GSA
• Current Uses
– SitePublish
– Academic Catalogs (CourseLeaf)
– IPHE Bulletin
• Potential Uses
– Universal UA search
Licensing
• 2 years, $29K
• 500,000 indexed documents
• FigLeaf (Google Enterprise Partner)
What is the IPHE Bulletin?
• Illinois Public Higher Education (IPHE)
Procurement Bulletin
• All 13 State Universities and the Illinois Math
and Science Academy post notices for
upcoming bids, requests for proposal,
requests for information, solicitation
documents, and awards
IPHE Bulletin – Two Sites in One
• Public site
– Allows vendors to search and browse for currently
active and historical procurement notifications
• Private site
– allows buyers and other state employees to
publish procurement notifications
– Includes an advanced and basic search
Why did the Bulletin choose the GSA?
• Data is stored in multiple databases, xml files and
html files
• Need to replace the old search
– combined data from ColdFusion Verity and database
queries
• ColdFusion SOLR replacement provided
inconsistent results
• GSA provides robust features
Selling Features of the GSA
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Dynamic Navigation
Ability to feed data instead of crawling
Synonyms
Spell Check
Query suggestion
Customizable Frontend
GSA Front End
Default Front Ends
Customizable Pieces
Bulletin Data
• The Bulletin has two collections of data that
need to be kept separate
– Public Website
– Private Website
Indexing Bulletin Data
• Bulletin data is not contained in static pages
– Feeding vs. Crawling Data
The Public Bulletin and the GSA
• Public Side Frontend Considerations
– Security
– XML
The Public Bulletin and the GSA
• Public Side Frontend Considerations
– Customizing the GSA frontend
– Custom results using metadata
The Private Bulletin and the GSA
• Private Side Backend Considerations
– Security
– XML
The Private Bulletin and the GSA
• Private Side Frontend Considerations
– Advanced Search
– Custom results using metadata
Demo
• Public Side
• Private Side
Public Side
Search Box
Result Page – Pagination, Metadata, Filter
Result Page – Search Within Results
Search Within Results Page
Suggestions
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Search - Browse Tree
Browse Search Results Page
Private Side
Private Side – Search Integrated
with To-Do list
Private Side – Quick Search
Results Page – Pagination, Metadata, Filter
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Advanced Search
Advanced Search – With Results Page
Finding More Information
• GSA Documentation
– https://developers.google.com/searchappliance/documentation/614/
• GSA Training
– YouTube
• http://www.youtube.com/user/gsatraining/videos
– FigLeaf
• http://training.figleaf.com/Courses/googlesearch.cfm
Questions?