Creating a Simple Search Application

Getting Started : Creating a Simple Search Application

This chapter describes how to build an SBA following the recommended methodology.

This chapter is a tutorial following the plan presented in Creating an Application (Methodology). For each section, we will describe the fundamentals of each methodology step, and use a sample database to illustrate them with examples.

This tutorial will also help you to familiarize with two main components of Exalead CloudView:

• The Administration Console to configure indexing and search.

• The Mashup Builder to configure how search results display in the Mashup UI.

Defining the Application Scope

Adding a Connector

Creating the Data Model

Configuring the Search Bar Behavior

Preparing the Content to Display in the Search Results

Defining the Refinement Facets

Creating the Front-end Application with Mashup Builder