Step 1: Create Funnelback artifacts
Overview
To start integrating Funnelback into your Matrix site you have to create a search package and a data source. These are created in the same area of the Funnelback user interface.
Read Search packages in the Funnelback documentation to find out what a search package is and why you use it. |
Create the search package
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Sign in to the Funnelback instance.
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Go to the Admin Dashboard.
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Select + Add new search package.
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Enter a name for your search package. Select Continue.
The Funnelback application will provide a search package ID based on the name. -
In the Data sources section, select Proceed. You will create a data source in the next step after the search package has been created. This step is only for adding an existing data source.
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In the review section, check the names you have entered. Select Finish.
Create a data source
When you select Finish to complete the set up of the search package, you will be taken to the admin screen for your new search package. You can create your data source from this screen.
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Scroll down to the Components section.
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Select the Data source tab.
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Select Create a data source.
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Select Create on the pop-up window.
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Select the data source type. For this example, select Web.
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Select Continue.
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Enter the URL that you want Funnelback to crawl. This URL must be the URL of your Matrix site.
The Matrix site you use must be published and live, and have public read access granted. Read Publish your site for instructions about how to make your Matrix site published and live. To get the URL from your Matrix site:
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Go to your Matrix site. Make sure you are in admin mode.
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Expand the site.
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Right-click on the site asset and select
URLs
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Copy the site URL from the Domain section.
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Paste the URL into the
Website URL
field.The URL you copied will not have the protocol on it, so you must add it. Use https://
orhttp://
, whichever your site uses. -
Scroll down to the
include_patterns
line. -
Enter the URL you used for the
Website URL
field.The
Website URL
and theinclude_patterns
URL must match. -
Leave all the other fields as defaults.
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Select Proceed.
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Review your spelling and settings on the Review page.
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On the Finish page, select
Start full update
. This will start the crawl of your site. -
Select Finish