Sitecore Connector Prerequisites

User Accounts and Application Permissions

Required Permission Description
Sitecore Account
  • Administrator account for the Sitecore web server.
    • This is needed to download the file content using the REST API.
  • Access to the following Sitecore databases:
    • Web
    • Core
    • Master
  • An account with permissions to READ the Sitecore databases

Item Web API configuration

The Sitecore connector uses the Item Web API to communicate with SiteCore. However, it can connect only if remote connections and standard security are enabled:

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<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
      <sitecore>
            <settings>
                  <!-- Set itemwebapi policy to allow remote connections, otherwise requests will fail -->
                  <setting name="Sitecore.Services.SecurityPolicy"
                    value="Sitecore.Services.Infrastructure.Web.Http.Security.ServicesOnPolicy, Sitecore.Services.Infrastructure" />
            </settings>
            <sites>
                  <site name="website">
                        <!-- Patch website to allow itemwebapi with StandardSecurity -->
                        <patch:attribute name="itemwebapi.mode">StandardSecurity</patch:attribute>
                  </site>
            </sites>
      </sitecore>
</configuration>

Connector Features and Requirements

Features Supported Additional Information
Sitecore Support

recent versions supported

 Sitecore version 10 requires a file be copied from your Sitecore server. See Before You Start.
Searchable content types Yes All content types.
Content Update Full and Incremental All BA Insight Connectors support both Full and Incremental crawls, unless noted.
Permission Types Yes
Required Software .NET Framework v4.7.2