Search Status Screen

Use the Search Status screen to monitor information about search crawls. You can also launch an incremental or full crawl from the screen. See Also: Understanding the Search Crawl

Prerequisite: You are a member of the Administrators group or assigned to the Search-Admin role

1. Go to Ektron Workarea > Settings > Configuration > Search > Status.

2. The Search Status screen appears.

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3. Use the following table to understand the screen's fields.

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Field	Description
Search server	The Search Server instance that hosts your search index.
Content source name	The Search Server content source that identifies your Web site.
Query credentials	The Windows user authorized to communicate with the query service.
Incremental Crawl Request Pending	Yes appears if there is a pending request to begin an incremental crawl. See Also: Events that Start an Incremental Crawl Otherwise, No.
Current and Next scheduled search action	See Current and Next Actions
Most recent start and end times	When the most recent crawl began and ended.
Duration (last if no crawl currently running; current if crawl currently running)	If last, the length of time (in seconds) required to complete the most recent crawl. If current, the length of time (in seconds) since the current crawl began. Click the Refresh button ( ) to get the latest information.
Incremental Crawl Interval	The length of time (in seconds) between the completion of a crawl and when Ektron is checked to see if a new crawl should be launched. See Also: Search Status Screen
Crawl filters	See Using Crawl Filters to Improve Search Performance.

4. If you want to launch a crawl from the toolbar,

- click () to launch an incremental crawl (note black color)

- click () to launch a full crawl (note blue color)

Current and Next Actions

This section explains these Search Status screen fields.

Current Action - indicates the current action

Next Action - at any time, there may be an action that will start when the current one completes. There is never more then one.

The following table explains possible Current and Next Action field values.

Action	Description
Idle	Search Server is taking no action.
None	(appears for Next Action only) Nothing is scheduled to occur when the current action completes.
Incremental Crawl	Search Server is performing a crawl of content that changed since the last crawl.See Also: Full vs. Incremental Crawls
Full Crawl (Property Discovery)	Search Server is performing a crawl of Ektron content, looking for new searchable properties.
Full Crawl	Search Server is performing a crawl of all content.
Property Mapping	Search Server is mapping searchable properties that were found.