Creating a Search Database

When you create a search database, you first define the set of OL Connect Image folders you want to include in the database, and whether you want to include their subfolders. OL Connect Search then examines the FormName entry in all the PDI files in those folders, and creates a record in the database for each distinct document referenced by the FormName entry. The value of the FormName entry, minus the file name extension, also becomes the name of the record for that document in the database. For example, if the FormName entry is survey.ps4, the corresponding database record bears the name survey. See PDI File Structure for a description of the FormName entry.

After OL Connect Search creates a record for each distinct document it found in the folders, you populate each record with the index information found in the PDI files for that document. See Build the Contents of a Database for the First Time.