Training Video:Search Troubleshooting: Difference between revisions

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Introduction

A walkthrough of some common issues with search in EPrints, including checking and starting the indexer, and reindexing the repository.

What You Will Learn

How to identify search errors
How to troubleshoot simple issues as an administrator
How to investigate and resolve more complex issues as a system administrator

What You Should Already Know

To identify errors, check status and start the indexer (basic)

Familiarity with EPrints Admin interface

To resolve other search issues (advanced)

Familiarity with command line interface for EPrints tools
Familiarity with MySQL

Resources

Each resource on this page (video, document, block of wiki text) should have a similar format to the Video section below.

Video

The Video can be found at http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek.

Index

The Video

Notes, Errata and Additional Information

Any notes, version information, errata, etc concerned with this video

EPrints 3.3.14
Ubuntu 15.04

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 ==Introduction==
-Troubleshooting EPrints searches
+A walkthrough of some common issues with search in EPrints, including checking and starting the indexer, and reindexing the repository.
-==Video==
+==What You Will Learn==
+* How to identify search errors
+* How to troubleshoot simple issues as an administrator
+* How to investigate and resolve more complex issues as a system administrator
+==What You Should Already Know==
+'''To identify errors, check status and start the indexer (basic)'''
+* Familiarity with EPrints Admin interface
+'''To resolve other search issues (advanced)'''
+* Familiarity with command line interface for EPrints tools
+* Familiarity with MySQL
+==Resources==
+Each resource on this page (video, document, block of wiki text) should have a similar format to the Video section below.
+=== Video===
+The Video can be found at [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek].
+====Index====
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=0m14s 00:14 Identifying problems in searches]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=0m46s 00:46 Comparing number of items in browse with number returned in search]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=0m57s 00:57 Checking the search indexer]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=1m10s 01:10 Indexer Status screen - list of pending tasks]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=2m02s 02:02 Starting the indexer]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=2m38s 02:38 Checking for items not showing even after indexer has run]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=3m11s 03:11 Reindexing an item]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=3m17s 03:17 Finding the /bin directory]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=3m55s 03:55 Finding the epadmin command]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=4m06s 04:06 Operations available to the epadmin command]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=4m26s 04:26 Accessing detailed help for a command]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=4m53s 04:53 Reindexing the whole repository]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=6m10s 06:10 Investigating in the database]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=7m06s 07:06 Showing index tables]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=7m39s 07:39 Viewing index for specific eprint]
+* [http://youtu.be/iIRB7HeSHek?t=9m06s 09:06 Normalised values]
+==== The Video====
 <youtube>iIRB7HeSHek</youtube>
-==Notes==
+====Notes, Errata and Additional Information====
+Any notes, version information, errata, etc concerned with this video
+* EPrints 3.3.14
+* Ubuntu 15.04
+==Test Yourself==
+==More Reading==