Manually Re-indexing for the Search Engine

You may need to re-index the documentation files at some point.

The HTML and PDF documentation files are indexed automatically for the Exalead CloudView search engine by the GA version installer. Normally this indexing leaves the documentation ready to use and searchable, with no further action needed.

When you install a hot fix upgrade of the SIMULIA documentation, the HTML and PDF files are then re-indexed in the search engine.

However, you may need to manually re-index the documentation files at a later time for one of the following reasons:

  • You have more than 50,000 accumulated HTML files because you have installed multiple (separate) versions of the documentation. These separate collections can be multiple fix pack (FP.xxxx) releases.

  • You are upgrading Exalead CloudView or NETVIBES SearchDoc media when there is no Documentation media upgrade.

  • The Exalead CloudView search engine is not running when the documentation installer tries to perform the indexing.

To re-index the documentation files, execute the following .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux) script from the documentation installation directory:

  • Windows: 

    <doc_install_dir>\<lang>\indexDocumentation.bat

  • Linux: 

    <doc_install_dir>/<lang>/indexDocumentation.sh

For example, if you installed the default English language documentation in the Windows default location, the command is: 

C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\SIMULIA2024doc\English\indexDocumentation.bat

Running this script clears the current search index (for this collection) and recreates the index from scratch.