IDOL Essentials

Target group

IDOL Administrators, System Engineers, Developers, and Project Managers.

Course structure

Module 0: Course Overview

• Explain the essential aspects of Micro Focus IDOL
• Install and configure Micro Focus IDOL
• Index data into Micro Focus IDOL
• Query Micro Focus IDOL
• Deploy advanced Micro Focus IDOL operations
• Discuss the Micro Focus IDOL Architecture
• Explain how to administer Micro Focus IDOL

Module 1: IDOL Overview

• Explain a foundation course on the essential aspects of Micro Focus IDOL
• Learn how to install and configure Micro Focus IDOL
• Learn how to index data into Micro Focus IDOL
• Explain how to query Micro Focus IDOL
• Learn how to deploy advanced Micro Focus IDOL operations
• Discuss the Micro Focus IDOL Architecture
• Explain how to administer Micro Focus IDOL

Module 2: Installing IDOL

• Explain how to install and configure Micro Focus IDOL
• Explain the role of the key component
• Check if Micro Focus IDOL is running

Module 3: IDOL Admin Tool

• Discuss the functionality of the Micro Focus IDOL Admin tool
• View logs and observe erroneous entries
• Explain optimizations of Micro Focus IDOL and use Micro Focus IDOL Admin to monitor performance

Module 4: Basic IDOL Configuration

• Create Micro Focus IDOL Databases
• Explain how to optimize Micro Focus IDOL using IDOL Server Fields

Module 5: Indexing with FSC and CFS

• Explain how to index and configure with File System Connector
• Explain how to set up polling methods
• Learn how to set up indexing logs
• Learn how to run the File System Connector
• View the File System Connector Process
• Learn to index content into the Food Database
• Explain how to check IDOL Content
• Use the IndexerGetStatus action

Module 6: Manual Indexing

• Examine an IDX file
• Explain the IDX layout
• Learn how to apply a DREREFERENCE to a document
• Explain document sectioning
• Perform a manual Index using DREADD
• Learn how to index more content into Science Database

Module7: Indexing XML

• How to index well-formed XML into IDOL

Module 8: Retrieval using Find-BIFHI

• Discuss various types of search:
• Keyword search
• Boolean and Proximity search
• Conceptual search
• Automatic Query Guidance
• Suggest More search

Module 9: Action Commands

• Explain how to perform the following:
• Use the Action command syntax
• Display the IDOL online help
• Use the GetRequestLog/GRL action
• Use the Query action
• Use the Suggest action
• Use the GetContent action
• Use the GetStatus action

Module 10: Setting Result Field Display

• Configure IDOL to automatically display additional fields
• Display additional fields for individual queries

Module 11: Backing Up IDOL

• Learn about scheduled automatic backup at regular intervals
• Perform an immediate backup

Module 12: Exporting Data from IDOL

• Export documents to an IDX file
• Export documents to an XML file
• Initialize IDOL in preparation to set up Parametric Refinement

Module 13: Parametric Search

• Learn how to Index parametric data into IDOL
• Explain indexing in detail

Module 14: Advanced Querying

• Explain specific search features that require specific IDOL configuration settings:
• Numbers/Alpha-Numeric
• Proper Names/Stop Word/Exact Word Matches
• Wildcarded Words/Wildcarded Numbers or alphanumerics
• Phonetic Spelling/Uncertain Spellings
• Spelling Checking with DREFUZZY and SpellCheck actions

Module 15: Categorization

• Explain how to recognize Categorization components within IDOL
• Discuss how Categorization operations work within IDOL
• Define the Taxonomy Structure
• Use Category Action Commands

Module 16: Languages 

• Configure IDOL to determine the document’s language types at index time
• Explain Automatic Language Detection, Indexing, and Querying

Module 17: Monitoring and Reporting

• How the License Server can be controlled to provide the License and Logging functionality

Module 18: Distributed Handlers

• Explain how to recognize the Server install architecture
• Define the Distributed Handlers

Module 19: Performance and Best Practice

• Explain how to recognize Indexing Optimizations
• Discuss how to optimize Query Operations
• Explain how to optimize Distributed Architectures
• Explore useful IDOL Diagnostics

Module 20: IDOL Review

• Explain various technical aspects of IDOL essentials