spcadriatics - search administration and troubleshooting in sharepoint 2013

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SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS ZAGREB, 11/28/2012

How to ManageAnd Troubleshoot Search

AGNES MOLNARSENIOR SEARCH SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT

Introduction• Senior Search Solutions Consultant• SharePoint Server MVP

• Speaker, Blogger, Community Leadhttp://aghy.huhttp://www.DoMoreWithSearch.com

Agnes.Molnar@BAInsight.com@molnaragnes

There are major changes in Search!

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Search is used pervasively throughout the platform

Combination of FAST and SharePoint Search

Result Sources

Used pervasively throughout the platform

High Scalability

Continuous Crawling

Content by Search WCM

CSOMResult Blocks

Query Suggestions Query Rules

Search Refinements

• Hasn't supported an iterative development process that I'm used to.

• Adding capacity is complicated• Requires access to console• Limited support for delegation

Search Administration Challenges

• Heterogeneous Data Models• Every system is different• Mapping to common metadata is

essential for findability

• Heterogeneous Security• Bandwidth and Performance

• LOTS of content• Cross-site bandwidth can be

expensive/limited• Source Systems can be the limiting

factor

Search Administration Challenges

• Complex architecture• Complex configuration• Query and crawl reporting• Scenarios

• Search service is unavailable• “Hung” crawl

Search Troubleshooting Challenges

• Crawl log• Content Source (1,7, and 30 day duration trend)• URL View (Remove from index)• History (Latency/Load)

• Health reports• Crawl Latency/Load by Repository, Handler, Crawler, CPC,

SQL• Crawl Freshness by source heat map in days• CPU and Memory Load by component and process• Content Processing by stage• Query Latency/Load percentiles overlaid with crawl and

analytics load• Federation• Query Latency by Object model, Query Processing, Core

index

Troubleshooting Enhancements

Debugging and Troubleshooting Crawl Processes

Debugging and Troubleshooting Crawl Processes

Debugging and Troubleshooting Crawl Processes

Debugging and Troubleshooting Crawl Processes

• Depends on:• Size of repository• Change rate• Request response time• Crawl schedule• Type of changes• Etc.

How Fresh my Content is? – Search Results Freshness

Search Results Freshness – Incremental Crawl

Search Results Freshness – Continuous Crawl

Query Debugging – Developer Dashboard

Want to Know More About SharePoint 2013 Search?

The Essential Guide to Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2013Everything You Need to Know to Get the Most Out of Search and Search-based Applications

Download from www.SharePointSearch2013.com

User Experienc

e

Working with

Queries and

Results

Working with

Content

Architecture,

Deployment &

Operations

Applications &

Development

This book contains 20 chapters, and more than 100 pages packed full of valuable insights. Also includes helpful call outs and screenshots.

questions?

HTTP://AGHY.HUHTTP://DOMOREWITHSEARCH.COM

@MOLNARAGNES

thank you.

SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS ZAGREB, 11/28/2012