Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Technical Tips: All Things Search


It is time for a few short tips on FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint and FAST Search Server 2010 for Internet Sites.

Tip One: Included with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint is the Advanced Filter Pack. This Pack enables text and metadata extraction from hundreds of file formats, augmenting the document formats that are supported by Microsoft’s Filter Pack. This feature is not enabled by default during the installation of FAST Search for SharePoint. It can be enabled easily using Windows PowerShell, and the included script, i.e. “AdvancedFilterPack.ps1”
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With the Advanced Filter Pack enabled, content and meta-data from the additional conversions are now available for mapping into your managed properties.
To read more about Filter Packs go to Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs download and overview. The Advanced Filter Packs are described here.

Tip Two: Do you really want to enable “Stopword Removal” on Queries?

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