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Abstract
This document provides links to the information resources that are available for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 (This product was renamed to IBM Watson Explorer Content Analytics). The resources are organized according to the progression of key customer tasks.
Content
Evaluating
These resources provide a high-level introduction to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.
- IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search
This is the home page for the content analytics family of products. This page provides access to information about the products, documentation, support, and tools.
- Product overview
These topics describe the main components for content analytics and enterprise search.
- Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center
Use this site to quickly access articles and demos about the product, download sample code and plug-ins, and access the Text Analytics Catalog, from which you can download dictionaries to jump-start your content analysis tasks. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.
- IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search terminology
This topic provides a glossary of IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search terms and concepts.
Planning
Before you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search, carefully plan your system environment. Such planning facilitates performance, the best use of your resources, and helps you to avoid potential problems.
- System requirements
Before you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search, ensure that you have the required software and a supported operating system.
- Supported data sources
This document describes the various types of data sources that are supported by IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search and the requirements for connecting to the various data sources.
- Problems and Solutions
These release notes discuss known problems that might affect the installation or use of IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search and, where possible, provide solutions for the problems.
Installing
These resources provide instructions for installing an IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search system.
- Quick Start Guide
The Quick Start Guide provides information about how to install the product in a single server configuration. The Quick Start Guide is also included with the product package on the Quick Start CD.
- Planning for installation
These topics provide guidelines to help you prepare for installation. They discuss the different installation methods and the information that you need to gather before you start the installation program.
- Installing IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search
These topics provide instructions for installing an IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search system on one or more servers.
- Upgrading to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search 3.0
This document provides instructions for upgrading to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 from IBM Content Analytics Version 2.2 or OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1.
Configuring
These documents provide guidance for configuring, administering, and integrating various IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search components.
- Administation
These topics provide information about administering the system, such as adding servers, creating collections, configuring crawlers, associating custom dictionaries with collections, and deploying text analytic resources.
- Security
These topics provide information about the various ways that you can control access to the system, applications, collections, and documents. Different procedures are provided for users who install applications on the embedded application server and users who opt to use WebSphere Application Server.
- Integration
These topics provide information about the various ways that you can integrate IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search with IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM Content Classification, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, and IBM Lotus Notes. Information is also provided about how to export documents for use in other applications, such as data warehouse, business intelligence, and eDiscovery.
If you want to learn how to run the enterprise search application as a portlet in WebSphere Portal, see
WebSphere Portal integration with IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search - Commands, return codes, and session IDs
This topic provides information about how you can use commands to diagnose problems, determine the status of the different parts of the system, start and stop sessions, or start and stop the system.
- Guided tours
Video demos are available to help you get started with using the administration console.
Using
These resources provide guidance about using IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.
- Analyzing content
These topics provide information about using the content analytics miner to analyze your content and discover trends, correlations, and deviations in data over time.
- Guided tours
Video demos are available to help you get started with using the content analytics miner and enterprise search application.
Developing
These documents include API guidance and sample code to help you create custom applications.
- Developing applications
These topics provide guidance for developing applications for searching, mining, and administering collections. The information shows you how to create applications with REST APIs and how to create Java plug-ins. Information about using the REST APIs is also available in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/docs/api/rest directory.
- Samples
This information guides you through code samples that show you how to search, mine, and administer collections. Samples are provided in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/samples/rest directory.
- Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center
Go to the Download tab to download articles, sample code, and plug-ins. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.
Text analytics
These resources describe IBM Content Analytics Studio and the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), and show you how to integrate text analytic solutions.
- Content Analytics Studio release notes
IBM Content Analytics Studio 3.0 is an Eclipse-based development environment for building custom text analyzers in various languages. See the release notes for information, including installation instructions.
- Text analysis integration
These topics discuss how you can integrate UIMA analysis logic with content analytics collections.
- Annotators
These topics describe the annotators for advanced text analysis that are provided with IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.
- Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center
Go to the Text Analytics Catalog tab to download dictionaries that can help you jump-start your content analysis tasks.
Troubleshooting
These documents provide troubleshooting assistance for various components of your system. Guidance for IBM software support is also included.
- Error messages
These topics provide explanations and suggestions for corrective actions for error messages.
- Log files and alerts
These topics provide information about how to choose the types of messages that you want to log for a collection and for the system. Also learn how to specify options for creating and viewing log files, receiving alerts, and receiving e-mail about messages.
- Troubleshooting installation problems
These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you install the product, such as the unsuccessful installation of prerequisite software or problems with services or processes that do not start.
- Troubleshooting administration problems
These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you administer the system. Administration problems might include backup scripts not working, socket problems, port problems, sessions ending unexpectedly, and so on.
- Support for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search
This is the support site for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search. You can search for technical documents and other product related information and tools.
- Contacting IBM Software Support
This article describes how to prepare for contacting IBM software support and how to contact IBM software support online or over the phone.
- End of Support dates
This page lists dates when products go out of support. You can sort the list by product and by general availability date. You can subscribe to receive updates automatically.
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17 June 2018
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