What is a Target?

About Targets

A Target (the orange box in the graphic below) is a "pointer" to a specific instance of a search application, such as Elasticsearch.

  • A Search application instance (Elasticsearch box in example below) has one or more indexes.

  • In the example below, Connectivity Hub is configured with Elasticsearch and the Target points to an Elasticsearch instance with 3 search indexes: A, B, and C.
  • The Content Source defines which index is used from the Target that you have specified.
    • In the example below, "Search Index A" is specified.

Note!

  • Multiple Content Sources cannot point to the same index – there is one index per content source.

  • Multiple Targets can point to the same search application instance (Elasticsearch in the example graphic below).

Before you can add your Target, you must install BA Insight Connectivity Hub.

  • You can add multiple Targets.
  • More than one Target can point to the same instance of a search application.
  • Connectivity Hub v4.x does not use Target schemas.
    • You simply mark the properties as active to capture them into your index.

Configuration

For information about configuring Targets in Connectivity Hub see How to Configure Your Target.