Creating a Search App

Site Search > Profile Selector > Search App menu > +Create

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A Search App serves as the foundation of a Site Search project, enabling functions such as web crawling, search, and analytics. Each Search App is linked to a Solr index and can be customized to enhance the search experience on a website. To create a Search App, users must first provision it within their SearchStax account.

Create a Search App

1. Open the list of Search Apps in the Profile Selector. Click the + Create button.
2. This opens a screen for configuring the new App.
   
   
   • App Name: The name must be at least six alphanumeric characters. Underbar (_) is allowed, but other special characters are not.
   
   
   • Region: Select a region near your location.
   
   
   • Environment: These labels help you differentiate among multiple Apps. They do not limit App behavior in any way.
   
   
   • Platform: The options are Sitecore, Drupal, and Custom.
   
   
   • Version: The final selection list offers Sitecore and Drupal versions. For a Custom App, no version is offered.
3. Click the Create button to initiate the App. This step needs a few minutes to complete.

Note that a new Search App is simply an empty database. To be useful, it must record user actions from your company website over a significant period (days, weeks). There is a one-hour delay before the first recorded data appears in Site Search.