In this article you will find:
Goal
This article contains descriptions of all of the Hawksearch configurations.
Overview of the Connector’s settings
Enabling and versioning
IsEnabled
Specifies whether Hawksearch is enabled or not.
Version
Specifies which version of Hawksearch is supposed to be used.
Document size
Document Size Limit
Controls the maximum size in KB of the documents that can be indexed. The default value is 200KB and the maximum is 4000KB. If you wish to index larger documents a custom search service must be implemented.
Logging information
Enable Trace logging when Indexing
Specifies whether the index requests and responses should be logged in Sitefinity’s Trace log file.
Enable Trace logging when Searching
Specifies whether the search requests and responses should be logged in Sitefinity’s Trace log file.
Defferred index
Deferred Index Activation
Controls when index can be used from Hawksearch widgets. If checked, index will be used after reindexing is finished. If unchecked, the index will be used immediately. Index deletion will be deferred by the the amount of time provided in Delete Interval field.
Delete interval
Controls the interval for deleting the index In seconds. Used when creating delete scheduled tasks.
Tracking
Enable Hawksearch Event tracking
Select whether the Hawksearch Event Tracking functionality should be enabled.
Provider configuration
Default provider
Specifies the default data provider. Can be accessed through the HawkManager class.
Export information
LastDeltaExportTime
Used to display information in the Hawksearch admin page about the last time the delta export was used.
LastFullExportTime
Used to display information in the Hawksearch admin page about the last time the full export was used.
LastFullExportDuration
Used to display information in the Hawksearch admin page about the duration of the last full export.
LastDeltaExportDuration
Used to display information in the Hawksearch admin page about the duration of the last delta export.
LastExportType
Specifies whether the last export was full or delta (empty if none of them was used).
Filter results
Filter by permissions [Obsolete]
Choose if search results should be filtered by the permissions of the user when using the built-in Sitefinity search widgets.
Export directory for data files
ExportDirectory
Specifies the directory for the export of the files.
Scheduling
ExportScheduleType
Specifies how often a full export should be executed – choose between none, daily and wekly
ExportScheduleDayOfWeek
Specifies the day of the week on which the full export should be executed.
ExportScheduleTime
Specifies the time at which the full export should be executed
ExportDeltaIntervalInMinutes
Specifies the time between each Delta export in minutes
Delta Lifetime Interval
Controls for how long removed delta items will be persisted in the database. Enter 0 if you don't want to delete the removed items.
Task keys
ExportTaskKey
An ID used to mark scheduled full export tasks or deleting full export schedule. If there are more than 2 tasks with that ID further tasks will not be scheduled. The number of concurrent tasks can be modified throught the QueuedExportTasksLimit setting.
ExportDeltaTaskKey
An ID used to mark scheduled delta export tasks or deleting delta export schedule. If there are more than 2 tasks with that ID further tasks will not be scheduled. The number of concurrent tasks can be modified throught the QueuedExportTasksLimit setting.
QueuedExportTasksLimit
Used to limit the number of concurrent export or delete tasks for full or delta export. Default value is 2
API keys and endpoints
HawkSearchApiKey
The key used to identify against the Hawksearch engine when indexing. Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
TrackingURL
The endpoint which exposes tracking information about user behavior e.g. what they click, how often etc.
AutocompleteURL
Hawksearch endpoint at which requests with search input are sent when using the Hawksearch widgets in order to have autocomplete functionality. Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
HawkSearchIndex
When using the V4 version this setting contains the URL for the Hawksearch Indexing API
When using the V4L version it contains the name of the index for the corresponding engine
Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
HawkSearchSearchingAPI
The endpoint at which search request are sent when using the Hawksearch widgets
Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
HawkSearchBaseAPI
The endpoint which exposes the Hawksearch Workbench
Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
HawkSearchClientID
The client Id used to Identify against the Hawksearch engine when making search requests
Used In the Initialization of the Hawksearch client.
HawkSearchStagingDomain
The URL for the Hawksearch staging domain.
HawkSearchProductionDomain
The URL for the Hawksearch production domain.
Run Rebuild on Server
Choose if index rebuild should be triggered on export.
Default value: True
IsTestMode
Specifies whether we are in test mode or not in order to use the proper staging domain or production domain.
Authentication
WindowsAuthLogin
Used to identify the client username against the engine when using Windows authentication
WindowsAuthPassword
Used to identify the client password against the engine when using Windows authentication
AuthorizationHeaderValue
Used to specify the authorization header value. Endpoints marked with the [Authorize] attribute check whether the request contains the specified header and are declined if not
Additional configurations
UseHawkSearchAPIAfterExport
Used to specify whether a rebuild of the index should be executed after the export of the files.
RenderDocumentLinksAsDetailPages
Specifies whether you should be forwarded to the detail page of the search result you have clicked on.
Publication Date Formatted
Used to specify whether this format [yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm] should be applied to the field Publication Date when getting Dynamic or Static type fields needed when accessing the index settings.
SearchProxyURL
When using V4L, the field must contain - your-site-domain/hawk/search/index
RenderRelatedDataIdentifiesAs
Specifies which related data field should be rendered when indexing, you can choose between “guid”, “title” and “url-name”.
ListPageUrl [Obsolete]
Specifies the URL for listing the result
External domain configuration
RunExportTaskOnSpecifiedDomainOnly
Used to specify whether the export tasks should be ran on a particular domain.
Host
Specifies the hostname where the export will to run.
Example: https://admin.mysite.com
Timeout
Specifies the web request timeout in seconds when running the export tasks on the specified domain.
AppKey
Specifies an identification key used to validate the user when the export should run on an external host.
FTP and SFTP configurations
PushExportFilesToFTP
Specifies whether the export files should be pushed over FTP or SFTP.
UseSFTP
Specifies whether the files should be pushed over SFTP instead of FTP. Must be used in addition to the above configuration.
FTP Host
Specifies the FTP host when creating the FTPConnectionString and connecting to the FTP.
SFTP Port
Specifies the SFTP port in the FTPConnectionString when transferring files over SFTP.
SFTP User
Specifies the FTP username when configuring the FTPConnectionString.
FTP Password
Specifies the FTP password when configuring the FTPConnectionString.
FTP Path
Specifies the file path on the FTP or SFTP host to place the exported files.