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Indexing Document Collections

Indexing is the process in West km that prepares documents for retrieval. Taken as a whole, it includes the indexing, synchronization, and full-text indexing processes. This topic lists the tasks to accomplish the first phase of indexing.

Documents are organized into collections for indexing in West km. A document collection is defined using a saved search (or query) in a document management system (DMS), a rule group in the West km Vetting Toolkit, or an NTFS folder. You add document collections and index them on the Indexing Options page.

Before you can index documents in West km, you must first do the following:

To access the Indexing Options page, point to the Setup link, and then click Indexing Options. A list of your currently indexed document collections is displayed.

You can complete these tasks from the Indexing Options page:

Adding a Document Collection
Searching for Document Collections
Editing Document Collections
Removing Document Collections
Starting Indexing
Suspending Indexing

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