Administrator Features

FeatureDescription
Web Admin ConsoleAn easy-to-use console that helps manage all parts of the search application.
Collection IndexingSupports on-demand indexing, scheduled indexing, and indexing of individual documents.
Crawler SettingsProvides multiple settings to control indexing behavior, including relevance settings, keyword-in-context settings, HTML parser settings, scanner settings, authentication options, and proxy setup.
Data FieldsAllows privileged users to add custom metadata fields for collection indexing.
API ExplorerSupports the Swagger UI tool to test and explore REST API requests.
Sitemap IndexingAllows indexing of sitemap documents from sitemap pages and from Robots.txt files.
Selective HTML indexingAllows selective indexing of HTML content using tags like , , or .
Selective LastModified DateDocuments can be indexed using the Default Header Date, Custom LastModified Date, or Custom Header Date.
MonitoringLogged-in users can access monitoring reports and view Elasticsearch indices status through the SearchBlox console.
Look and FeelSearch results can be customized and delivered as JSON responses. They can also be customized using SearchBlox plugins.
Collections & Featured Results ManagementPrivileged users can manage all types of SearchBlox collections and featured results.
Manage SearchPrivileged users can configure search settings, upload custom UI templates, adjust search relevancy, and generate search integration code.
Search SecurityPrivileged User can configure security for search authentication and authorization using SearchBlox Realm or LDAP/AD Realm or Okta. And also Sensitive user roles to access encrypted search content.
UsersPrivileged users can manage SearchBlox users (Admin, Manager, and Business roles) and change or reset passwords for SearchBlox Realm or SAML users.
Analytics & ReportingProvides real-time reports such as daily, weekly, monthly, and custom date range searches, suggestions, zero-result queries, and clicks. Reports can be exported in CSV format.
Insights & AnalysisBased on search history, privileged users can analyze reports for top and low-performing queries, URLs for optimization, best-performing URLs, and trends to improve the search experience.
AdministrationPrivileged users can perform tasks such as license updates, configuration import/export/revert/reset, cluster setup, and SSO setup.
SearchAI FeaturesPrivileged users can configure PreText and SmartSuggest endpoints.
SmartFAQsPrivileged users can create and manage SmartFAQs.
Smart SynonymsSearchBlox can automatically generate smart synonyms from user content.
Query CachingImproves search performance by caching results for frequently searched queries.

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