Building an Index

After you have defined a data source, you should create an index in the search engine. The OCI Data Science service pulls data from the search index to build and train the machine learning model.

You use the Index Manager page to create an index for a data source and to update an index.

Access the Index Manager page by navigating to PeopleTools > Data Distribution Framework > Data Distribution Setup, and select Manage Data Source Indexes (from the Indexing folder in the left panel). Alternatively, you can navigate to PeopleTools > Data Distribution Framework > Manage Data Source Indexes.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Index Manager page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Index Manager page

The Index Manager page displays a list of data sources.

Field or Control

Description

Search Instance

A search definition in Search Framework is associated with a search instance. The Data Source Details section displays the data sources associated with the selected search instance.

Map Status

The statuses are:

  • Mapped – this is the initial status of a data source.

  • Indexed – the status changes to Indexed when you successfully index the data source.

Index Name

The system appends an index with the database to differentiate it from indexes with the same name in other databases.

Create Index

Creates an empty index.

Ingest Source

Initiates the PTML_GENFEED Application Engine program to build an index.