Cluster Processing Service

The Cluster Processing Service performs two functions:

  • Monitoring the SeedTerm queue
  • Processing SeedTerms to generate clusters

How to Install the Cluster Processing Service

  1. Navigate to the following directory: <SharePoint Hive>\bin\SmartPipeline\ClusteringService.
  2. Copy the content of the folder to a new folder location. This step is optional.

     
  3. Open Windows PowerShell as an Administrator.
  4. Navigate to the Clustering directory.
    1. For example, D:\BASoftware\SmartPipeline\Clustering
  5. Run the following command.


  6. When you are prompted, enter a valid Domain account with permission to log-in as a Service.

Configuring the Cluster Processing Service

Configuration options can be specified in the file ClusteringService.exe.config.

The required options to configure include: SearchCenterUrl, LogLocation, and ConectionString.

All configuration options are listed here:

    • ClusterDocumentSummaryLength
      Default:       5000
    • ClusterNumberOfDocuments
      Default:       200
    • ClusterDepth
      Default:       5
    • ClusterMinimumScore
      Default:       25
    • EnableClustering
      Default      : True
    • ClusterThreadCount
      Default:       2
    • SearchCenterUrl
      Enter:       Search Center Url to retrieve Document Corpus
    • LogLocation
      Enter:       Location local server.  When running on SharePoint Server with SmartPipeline.  Default location set in SmartPipeline Configuration and this location is overridden.
    • ConnectionString
      Enter:       Connection String information to SmartPipeline Database created upon SmartPipeline install.
    • SeedQueueProcessingInterval
      Default:       10   minutes
    • EnableSeedQueueProcessing
      Default:       True
    • ClusteringStartTime
      Default: 00:00:00
    • ClusteringEndTime
      Default:       23:59:00

How to Start the Cluster Processing Service

  1. Launch the Windows services application.
  2. Start the SmartPipeline Clustering Service from the list of available Windows services.