Table of Contents

Search

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Servers
  4. Console Client
  5. Search Clients
  6. Table Loader
  7. Update Synchronizer
  8. Globalization
  9. Siebel Connector
  10. Web Services
  11. ASM Workbench
  12. Cluster Merge Rules
  13. Forced Link and Unlink
  14. System Backup and Restore
  15. Batch Utilities

HTTP Search Client

HTTP Search Client

MDM-RE supports the use of an Internet Browser as a search client. Web pages containing dynamically generated search dialogues based on your Systems are served up by the MDM-RE HTTP Search Server.
Simply point your browser at the HTTP Search Server by typing its
host:port
in the Location Bar and follow the prompts. The default port number of the HTTP Search Server is 1672.
If prompted for a Rulebase name, the client must supply the information using a Dictionary Alias without the
ids: prefix
. See the
Dictionary Alias
section for more information. This is the only acceptable form of Rulebase name and is necessary to avoid passing clear text passwords to the server. To avoid the need for Rulebase names altogether, the administrator should define them in the HTTP Search Server’s
.ini
file. Refer to the Configuring section below.
You do not need to enable any active content facilities such as Javascript. The Web pages are compatible with Netscape 4, Internet Explorer 5 and Firefox 1.0 (or later versions).

Configuring

The HTTP Search Server will not start unless it has been enabled and configured.
It is enabled by allocating the server’s host name
SSA_HTHOST
and port number
SSA_HTPORT
in the
env\mdmres.bat
(Windows) or
env/mdmres
(UNIX) scripts.
The configuration process consists of creating a simple text file named
htserv.ini
. The file can be located in
$SSAINI
,
$HOME
or
$SSABIN
, which are searched in that order.
The content of this file determines which Searches and Rulebases are visible to the Web client. It is read at server initialization, so changes to the configuration become effective only after the HTTP Search Server is bounced. Lines starting with a semi-colon (;) are treated as comments. White space in the section headings (example,
[profile:basic]
) is not permitted, except as part of a name.

Generic Mode

The simplest possible file contains the following lines:
[Server] mode = generic
This directs the HTTP Search Server to prompt the client for a Rulebase name and does not restrict access to any systems or searches. The optional line
rulebase = <dbtype>:<dbid>:<uid>/<pwd>@<svc>
may follow the
mode
line to specify the Rulebase to use. When provided, the client will not be prompted for this information. When omitted, the HTTP Search Server will request the client to enter the name of the Rulebase.
Rulebase names are sent from the client to the server in clear text using the HTTP protocol. To avoid passing database passwords, clients must specify
Dictionary Alias
names without the
ids: prefix
. The HTTP Search Server assumes all Rulebase names received through HTTP are Dictionary Aliases and automatically prefixes them with
ids:
before use.

Custom Mode

Custom mode is use to configure the Systems, Searches and Rulebases visible to the Web client. When the HTTP Search Server runs in custom mode.
[Server] mode = custom profiles = basic
the Web client will offer the choice of one of a number of predefined profiles, that have been defined to allow access to a specific Rulebase, System and Search(es).
For example,
[profile:basic] rules = just_one_search [rule:just_one_search] rulebase = odb:0:ssa/ssa@ora10g system = testx216 searches = Claimant Names [search:Claimant Names] sdf-search = claimant-names sdf-view = names_idt216
The example defines one profile named
basic
, however, multiple profiles can be specified by listing them as a comma separated list. Each profile may contain one or more rules, listed with the
rules
parameter (which is a comma separated list). In this case, there is just one rule named
just_one_search
. Each rule must have a corresponding definition that nominates the Rulebase name, System name and a comma separated list of Searches (
Claimant Names
in this example) that can be used by a user of this profile.
The search names may contain spaces. This is allowed for aesthetic reasons, as the Search names are displayed by the Web client.
Each
search
must have a corresponding definition that nominates the name of the Search-Definition in the SDF (
claimant-names
). It may also optionally nominate an output view.
Output views are useful in that they can be used to define the order and/or columns displayed by the Web client. They can also add extra statistical information such as the Score or the number of the Multi-Search that returned the data.
A more complicated configuration may provide a second profile for advanced users too. For example:
[profile:advanced] rules = just_one_search,other_searches [rule:other_searches] rulebase = ids:rb system = testx217 searches = All Names [search:All Names] sdf-search = all-names
Profiles, rules and searches may be defined in any order, and must be defined if referenced.

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