SearchManager/370

Knowledge Management with SearchManager/370

IBM SearchManager/370 is IBM's solution for full-context retrieval of documents in the host environmemt S/390 (OS/390 and VM).

• It provides a natural evolution for the users of the predecessor product STAIRS

• It helps the customer to create, store, retrieve, display, process, and distribute documents that contain text as well as references to graphics and images

• It provides Boolean and context operators for full-text search

• Ease-of-use through extended wildcard search capability (front, end, and middle masking)

• It also enables customers to use full-text retrieval in their applications via an application programming interface (API)

• It provides a graphical retrieval interface for OS/2 and Windows workstations acting as a client to the MVS or VM server

• It offers a business solution for customers who need text retrieval integrated into their business applications. It is an ideal product in the following areas of business: Office System Support, Customer Services, Research and Development, Human Resources, Legal, Library, Planning and Documentation Center

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All IBM SearchManager/370 Workstation Feature objects are represented as graphical symbols (icons) and allow for drag-and-drop access. IBM SearchManager/370 Workstation Feature offers thesaurus navigation capabilities for concept searching when used with the IBM Thesaurus End User System Toolkit. It also offers an expert query panel for users who wish to enter their queries in "expert" mode.

The IBM SearchManager/370 Migration Component provides migration and coexistence for users of the predecessor products STorage And Information Retrieval System (STAIRS) in both the MVS and VM environments. When IBM SearchManager/370 is used in conjunction with OfficeVision(TM)/MVS and its Document Writing Feature (DisplayWrite/370 - MVS environment) or with OfficeVision/VM and DisplayWrite/370 (VM environment), and the Graphical Data Display Manager (GDDM)(TM), it offers a solution for creating, storing, retrieving, displaying, processing, and distributing documents consisting of text, graphics, and/or images. In a VM environment, IBM SearchManager/370 interfaces to the OfficeVision/VM mail function to send documents stored in IBM SearchManager/370 databases.

IBM SearchManager/370 Migration Component as part of IBM SearchManager/370 provides the IBM STorage And Information Retrieval System (STAIRS) end-user interface. It can be run in parallel to IBM SearchManager/370 both accessing the same index, and contains all utilities necessary to migrate from an existing IBM STorage And Information Retrieval System (STAIRS) application to IBM SearchManager/370 at any suitable time.

The source code of IBM SearchManager/370 Migration Component will be available to ease migration and allow for the transition from source code to object code for those customers who have changed STAIRS/VS (5740-XR1) or STAIRS/CMS (5664-189) source code.

A new feature is added to SearchManager/370 Release 3. This feature provides the capability to access SearchManager/370 from a Web browser via the World Wide Web (WWW), to perform the simple attribute search queries and browse their results. This feature is only available in the English language.

This new feature makes use of the External CICS Interface (EXCI) calls, available with CICS/ESA Version 4, to allow Common Gateway Interface (CGI) code residing in the OS/390 Internet Connection Server (ICS or ICSS) to communicate and establish a session with the SearchManager/370 CICS application.