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The Sitefinity connector provides a mechanism for notifying data sources for the start of the indexing procedure. This way, you can use multiple sources to add items to the Hawksearch index created by Sitefinity.
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You can add additional data sources from Advanced Settings → Hawksearch → DataSources submenu (your-site-domain/Sitefinity/Administration/Settings/Advanced). You should provide the Data Source with Name, Api Key, Url, Severity and Timeout interval.
Name - provide unique name for the data source.
Api Key - provide a unique Api Key: the key has no restrictions. Can contain letters, characters and numbers.
Url - the Hawksearch connector will use this Url to send a POST request to the data source
Severity - the values for severity are “Low” and “Critical”. Based on this severity the indexing workflow will have different result.
Timeout interval - you can set a timeout interval for each data source. If the timeout interval is exceed the workflow for failed data source will be executed.
Example:
When reindexing is triggered by Sitefinity, the connector will notify an external indexing service by sending the Hawksearch index name and the Api key.
There are different workflows based on the severity of the data source:
Low Severity:
Success - the indexing procedure will continue as usual and the index data status will be updated.
Fail - the indexing procedure will continue as usual and the index data status will be updated.
Critical Severity
Success - if Critical Severity data source finish indexing successfully, the indexing procedure will continue as usual.
Fail:
Deferred Index Activation is disabled - the indexing procedure will continue as usual and the index data status will be updated.
Deferred Index Activation is enabled - while Deferred Index Activation is enabled, the connector will create the new index while keeping the old one so that there is no downtime while the indexes are swapped. If the Critical Severity data source fails to index or the Timeout interval is exceeded, the newly created index will be removed and the system will continue to use the old one.