Hi

I am using DMX 04.02.03 version. I have added several custom attributes like client name,description,date,type,status etc in our project. my problem is that when i use DMX search and select client name,description,date,type,status etc in dropdown and click on search button then it does not show any document but here document are present.

can you help me how can i search document on the bases of custom attributes using DMX search feature.

It is hard to debug at a distance. But we can try the following way:

1. Make sure you have a document that is of undisputed (i.e. that does not need a fancy iFilter to decode) type (like a text document) . In the contents use a specific term (foobar1). In the title use one as well (foobar2)
2. Set the custom attribute (att1) value on it (foobar3)
3. Give it permission for All Users to see.
4. Download 'Luke' as described in the search manual and open Portals/0/DMX/Lucene/index
5. Browse to the document (second tab) and check the various fields as they have been stored. Check the existence of foobar1, 2 and 3.
6. In the search tab of Luke write 'title:foobar2'. It should return the document. Try also 'contents:foobar1' and 'att1:foobar3'
7. In DMX call up search. Go to the advanced search option and type the same queries as above. They should also return the document as in Luke.
8. Now use the regular search interface to find the foobar1, 2 and 3.

Let me know at which point it fails.

Peter

Peter, are you saying that for indexing to work here that All Users must have view permissions?

Hi Paul,
No, not at all. It was a way of narrowing down in debugging. You first start with something that has to show up no matter what to rule out any other issues. Then you gradually build up your complexity and see where it fails.
Peter

Maybe you guys used a name for a custom attribute that is used in the main table (check out DMX_Entries and DMX_Extensions for some of the names that come out. Others include 'title' and 'remarks'). I just discovered this one and was able to reproduce it. I have attached a bug tracking item to this post.


Peter

hi guys, year is 2012, i've installed DNN 6.1.4 and DMX 6.00.02 trial on server 2008 R2. Search in "custom attributes" is not working properly. For some attributes search can find, for some can't find. Our company needs a document management and i know DNN for 5 years that's why i selected this product. How can i get help? Website contact emails are not responding.

Buka

Your email must have gotten stuck in our spam filter. Sorry. Do you have more information about how the search doesn’t work? Are there any more specifics you can think of? Like “only the beginning of strings” or “only the middle” or “only whole words”? Or Only string types and not numbers?

Peter