Application_Search_Sys.Sync_Index__

Hi @gailforce1,

Application Search is a concept for finding and navigating to IFS Applications business objects(such as Customer Orders, Shop Orders etc.) using text search. This gives the user more freedom to perform a search without knowing exactly where, or in which attribute, certain text is stored.

The purpose of Application Search is to quickly find and navigate to IFS Applications business objects that you don't know the exact search string for.

Q: Are these 70 tasks part of the IFS standard set up?

A: Search Domains should be enabled as per the need of the users. If the users do not use the application search functionality to search certain objects, then you can disable the Search Domains relevant for those. However, the following Search Domains related to Document Management must always be enabled and scheduled to synchronize regularly:

• DocumentAttributes
• DocumentContent
• DocumentObjectConnection

Q: Do they need to run and what benefit do they have?

A: When there are new objects created, the indexes must be synchronized to reflect the newly created objects. Otherwise, when someone performs a search, most up to date data will not show up in the search results. 

Q: If they do need to run do they need to be so frequent?

A: I believe every 30 minutes is the recommended interval for these tasks. 

If the Search Domains are showing errors when synchronizing, you can try disabling and re-enabling them or dropping them altogether and recreating them. Please find the instructions here:

You can read the documentation on Application Search functionality here:

https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/foundation1/010_overview/220_user_interface/application_search_concept/default.htm

Hope this helps!