Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 information roadmap

These resources provide a high-level introduction to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.

• IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search

  This is the home page for the content analytics family of products. This page provides access to information about the products, documentation, support, and tools.



• Product overview

  These topics describe the main components for content analytics and enterprise search.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Use this site to quickly access articles and demos about the product, download sample code and plug-ins, and access the Text Analytics Catalog, from which you can download dictionaries to jump-start your content analysis tasks. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.



• IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search terminology

  This topic provides a glossary of IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search terms and concepts.

Before you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search, carefully plan your system environment. Such planning facilitates performance, the best use of your resources, and helps you to avoid potential problems.

• System requirements

  Before you install IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search, ensure that you have the required software and a supported operating system.



• Supported data sources

  This document describes the various types of data sources that are supported by IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search and the requirements for connecting to the various data sources.



• Problems and Solutions

  These release notes discuss known problems that might affect the installation or use of IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search and, where possible, provide solutions for the problems.

These resources provide instructions for installing an IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search system.

• Quick Start Guide

  The Quick Start Guide provides information about how to install the product in a single server configuration. The Quick Start Guide is also included with the product package on the Quick Start CD.



• Planning for installation

  These topics provide guidelines to help you prepare for installation. They discuss the different installation methods and the information that you need to gather before you start the installation program.



• Installing IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search

  These topics provide instructions for installing an IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search system on one or more servers.



• Upgrading to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search 3.0

  This document provides instructions for upgrading to IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search Version 3.0 from IBM Content Analytics Version 2.2 or OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 9.1.

These documents provide guidance for configuring, administering, and integrating various IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search components.

• Administation

  These topics provide information about administering the system, such as adding servers, creating collections, configuring crawlers, associating custom dictionaries with collections, and deploying text analytic resources.



• Security

  These topics provide information about the various ways that you can control access to the system, applications, collections, and documents. Different procedures are provided for users who install applications on the embedded application server and users who opt to use WebSphere Application Server.



• Integration

  These topics provide information about the various ways that you can integrate IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search with IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, IBM Content Classification, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, and IBM Lotus Notes. Information is also provided about how to export documents for use in other applications, such as data warehouse, business intelligence, and eDiscovery.

  If you want to learn how to run the enterprise search application as a portlet in WebSphere Portal, see
  WebSphere Portal integration with IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search



• Commands, return codes, and session IDs

  This topic provides information about how you can use commands to diagnose problems, determine the status of the different parts of the system, start and stop sessions, or start and stop the system.



• Guided tours

  Video demos are available to help you get started with using the administration console.

These resources provide guidance about using IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.

• Analyzing content

  These topics provide information about using the content analytics miner to analyze your content and discover trends, correlations, and deviations in data over time.



• Guided tours

  Video demos are available to help you get started with using the content analytics miner and enterprise search application.

These documents include API guidance and sample code to help you create custom applications.

• Developing applications

  These topics provide guidance for developing applications for searching, mining, and administering collections. The information shows you how to create applications with REST APIs and how to create Java plug-ins. Information about using the REST APIs is also available in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/docs/api/rest directory.



• Samples

  This information guides you through code samples that show you how to search, mine, and administer collections. Samples are provided in the ES_INSTALL_ROOT/samples/rest directory.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Go to the Download tab to download articles, sample code, and plug-ins. You can also upload your own articles, sample code, and plug-ins to share with other users.

These resources describe IBM Content Analytics Studio and the Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), and show you how to integrate text analytic solutions.

• Content Analytics Studio release notes

  IBM Content Analytics Studio 3.0 is an Eclipse-based development environment for building custom text analyzers in various languages. See the release notes for information, including installation instructions.



• Text analysis integration

  These topics discuss how you can integrate UIMA analysis logic with content analytics collections.



• Annotators

  These topics describe the annotators for advanced text analysis that are provided with IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search.



• Content Analytics Solution in the ECM Application Center

  Go to the Text Analytics Catalog tab to download dictionaries that can help you jump-start your content analysis tasks.

These documents provide troubleshooting assistance for various components of your system. Guidance for IBM software support is also included.

• Error messages

  These topics provide explanations and suggestions for corrective actions for error messages.



• Log files and alerts

  These topics provide information about how to choose the types of messages that you want to log for a collection and for the system. Also learn how to specify options for creating and viewing log files, receiving alerts, and receiving e-mail about messages.



• Troubleshooting installation problems

  These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you install the product, such as the unsuccessful installation of prerequisite software or problems with services or processes that do not start.



• Troubleshooting administration problems

  These topics provide information about how to solve problems that might occur when you administer the system. Administration problems might include backup scripts not working, socket problems, port problems, sessions ending unexpectedly, and so on.



• Support for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search

  This is the support site for IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search. You can search for technical documents and other product related information and tools.



• Contacting IBM Software Support

  This article describes how to prepare for contacting IBM software support and how to contact IBM software support online or over the phone.



• End of Support dates

  This page lists dates when products go out of support. You can sort the list by product and by general availability date. You can subscribe to receive updates automatically.