Search engine status
On the Full Text Search (FTS) Status page you can view the status of the search engine. It shows information such as when the last document(s) were indexed, the number of words in the index, state of the last indexing batch, total file count, and so on.
You can also check the status of the full text search engine in the Dashboard.
You can also create a detailed status report from the FTS Status page. It contains much more detail including:
- All dtSearch settings
- All information from the status and error pages
- Number of documents in the Library
- Version of the dtSearch dll file
When the full text search index is rebuilt, the status report may not be available as the database will be busy.
To view the search engine status
- In Web Client, to to Administration Panel > Full Text Search > Status.
- The key status indicators are:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Documents Waiting to be Indexed | How many documents are in the queue waiting for full text search indexing. Documents are normally indexed for full text content every 60 seconds by a Windows scheduled task. If this value is not decreasing or at 0 documents, it may indicated that the scheduled task is not running. Please contact FileHold Support if this is the case. |
| Total Documents in the Library and Archive | The number of documents in the library (all versions) and the library archive. |
| Total files in the Index | Total files that have been indexed. This number may be different than the total number of documents in your repository as some documents such as Outlook messages or zip files may contain more than one file. It is also possible that some of your documents will be excluded from the indexing according to how you have configured your exclusion rules and whether or not you have encrypted documents in your repository. |
| Last updated date | The date and time that the full text search index was last updated. |
| Index created date | The date and time the full text search index was created. |
| Index Size | The size of the index in KB, MB or GB. The index size is not directly related to the maximum of 1 TB of text that can be included in a dtSearch index. |
| Word Count | The number of words that have indexed. Note that noise words are omitted from the index. |
| Current Indexing State | "Idle" or "Running" if processing documents. |
| Last Indexing Batch Result | Provides the results from processing the last batch of documents. Normal status should state "Succeeded". |
| The number of documents in queue with failed index attempts | The number of documents in the FTS queue with at least one unsuccessful indexing attempt. See the managed option Fts.EnableVerify for more information. |
| Number of documents that required more than one attempt to add to index | When a document that has at least one unsuccessful attempt has been finally added to the FTS queue. See the managed option Fts.EnableVerify for more information. |
To run the Full Text Search Status Report
- In the Administration Panel > Full Text Search > Status page, click the Create Detailed Report button.
- Your browser will download an HTML format report with the full FTS status details.
Configuration options
There are some features that are configured for the FTS index in manged options:
- Fts.EnableVerify — After adding a document version to the index, the system can verify it is there. The default value is false which is disabled. This feature is used for cases where documents occasionally do not get added to the full text search index. Enabling it starts a secondary shadow FTS queue that validates that documents were added to the index.
For versions prior to 17.1, the web config setting for this value is 1 for enabled and 0 for disabled. The web config key names are documented in the web config cross reference.
- Fts.MaximumRetries — If the verification fails, this is number of times the system will attempt to add the document version before giving up. Default value is 10 times.
- Fts.RetainFailuresDays — If the retries have been exceeded and the document has failed to be added, the length of time the document version will sit in the FTS queue. Default value is 750 days.