Search Party Finding a Google Appliance Solution Shawn Lee Sri Ranganathan Melissa Rubik Leslie Sherman Agenda • • • • 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 • • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • 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 Oops!!! Spelt it wrong 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 Oops!! Spelled it wrong again 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?