SOLR full text indexing

[MikeLockwood]

Anyone have any experience yet with indexing using SOLR in Windchill 10?

Executed SOLR today for the first time, on a Windchill 10.0 M010 test install on my workstation. No configurations, no users, total of 2 Word documents. See results attached.

We are very much looking forrward to having full text search available - I must have missed some configuration.

thanks in advance

[avillanueva]

Along those same lines, would be nice if PTC could index CAD files. Something like notes on the field of the drawing would be a huge benefit. I am working on a JLink app to extract the notes for post processing. It might be possible to create custom index jobs once the text is extracted but that's not my concern right now.

[MikeLockwood]

Great news - got it working (perfectly, and instant).

Was just missing this property value (property is present but blank after install). Thanks to Serge Caron for the tip.

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[jessh]

That sounds like a great enhancement request.

[MikeLockwood]

Haven't tried it yet on 10.0, but we had full text indexing in production on 9.0, and it indexed Pro/E Drawing notes.

We created a test drawing with text in every possible place - notes, tables, callouts, etc., etc. Indexing got most of them - but a few preferences / properties had to be set.

Can't wait to try this now with 10.0.

[mnelson-2]

It sounds like something that should have already been included - not an enhancement...

[jessh]

Agreed -- and it sounds like it may already be included from further posts.

I was responding under the assumption that the original poster had
determined this capability was not present (as this isn't my area). In
that case it would be a no-brainer, must-have addition and a great
enhancement request -- irrespective of and without dwelling on whether
it should already have been in or not.

[mnelson-2]

Completely agree...

[avillanueva]

To be fair, never tested it. Mike alluded to some property settings. It
could be I had old information stuck in my head.

[MikeLockwood]

So, we have indexing working perfectly now on atest Windchill 10.0 M010 install for Word and text files. But - Per tech support call C10492972 today there is no way to index the text CAD (Pro/E, Creo) drawings with SOLR.

We're super, super disappointed in this - thinking aboutasking tech support the same question a different wayto see if there is any hope.

Anyone have an idea how to customize / fool the system to include CAD Drawings (which are really just text files)????

[JoePriest]

I have been able to successfully index the text on Pro/E drawings with SOLR. The catch is that you have to publish as PDF and not HPGL. This is a requirement for us to be able to text search the drawings.

Joe

In Reply to Mike Lockwood:

So, we have indexing working perfectly now on atest Windchill 10.0 M010 install for Word and text files. But - Per tech support call C10492972 today there is no way to index the text CAD (Pro/E, Creo) drawings with SOLR.

We're super, super disappointed in this - thinking aboutasking tech support the same question a different wayto see if there is any hope.

Anyone have an idea how to customize / fool the system to include CAD Drawings (which are really just text files)????

[STEVEG]

You also cannot have the config option COMPRESS_OUTPUT_FILES set to YES.  At least in 10.1.  See this:

[avillanueva]

Sounds like a work around or indexing by accident. The source .drw file
should be able to be indexed by SOLR or any future indexing engine.