Updating an index is even faster, since dtSearch will check each file, and only reindex files that have been added or changed. Once dtSearch has built an index, it can automatically update it using the Windows Task Scheduler to reflect additions, deletions and modifications to your document collection. Indexing is easy - simply select folders or entire drives to index and dtSearch does the rest. dtSearch can instantly search terabytes of text because it builds a search index that stores the location of words in documents. On the other machines, you're pointing each cabinet to the shared index.DtSearch Desktop provides instant searching of desktop-accessible files. In a nutshell, you're generating and maintaining the indexes on one machine. Set the Custom Index Path to the path you noted on the 'owner' machine.Go into the Cabinets button on the main toolbar.Make sure Enable Auto Indexer is turned off.

Make sure that Enable dtSearch is selected and the Default Search Engine is set to dtSearch.Set Up Other Machinesįinally, go to each one of your other machines and do the following: Edit each of the cabinets you indexed and look at the Index tab. Once indexing is done, go back to the Cabinets button on the main toolbar. Now go to lunch while FileCenter builds the indexes. Put a checkmark next to each cabinet you'll be indexing.Go to the Cabinets button on the main toolbar.You can optionally force the indexes to generate now: Establish a time for the indexer to run each day.Select each of the network cabinets you want to index.Set the Root Path for Network Indexes to the folder you just created.Still in Settings, select dtSearch Indexing on the left.Select Enable dtSearch and set the Default Search Engine to dtSearch.This machine will be in charge of maintaining the index. One machine needs to be the index 'owner'. On the network, set up a new folder to hold the indexes. NOTE: The dtSearch engine is only available in FileCenter Professional. If you use the dtSearch engine (formerly called 'Advanced Search'), it's possible to share an index between all of your users as opposed to having each user generate their own index.

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