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Importing Data into the Knowledge Center Server

Indexer Tool

If you are not going to use a CMS you can use the indexer to import data for use with Genesys Knowledge Center. The indexer is installed during the installation of Knowledge Center Server. It is located inside your Knowledge Center Server installation folder in the \server\tools\indexer subdirectory.

Command line:

java -jar indexer.jar  [parameters]

Parameters:

Short Parameter Qualified Parameter Mandatory Example Description
-u --user n/a --user gkc_super Name of internal user with authoring permissions
-a --authorization n/a -a user:password Username and password for basic authorization
-author --author n --author gks_super (introduced in 9.0.002.09)

Common author identifier for all documents that are being published

-approver --approver n --approver gks_super (Introduced in 9.0.002.09)

Common approver identifier for all documents that are being published

-f --file Y --file c:\xml Path to file or directory with files for importing
-h --host Y --host http://gks/gks-server:8080 target knowledge server url
-o --overwrite n/a -o For replacing all existing documents with documents from importing file
-tenant --tenantId n/a --tenantId 1 Target tenant identifier
-sbt --subTenantId n/a --subTenantId default Target subtenant identifier
-sk --ssIKeys n/a --sslKeys c:\keys\sslkey Path to trust store
-sp --ssIPassword n/a --sslPassword topsecret trust store password
-t --transformer n/a --transformer c:\transformers\transformer.xsl Path to XSL transformer

Knowledge File Structure

field type mandatory format description
knowledge Object Y n/a Container of documents and categories for indexing.

There are two mandatory attributes of a node of "knowledge":

  • kbId - Knowledge base identifier
  • lang - language identifier
  • version - version identifier (current: "8.5.304")
knowledge.categories Array N n/a Knowledge base categories directory
knowledge.categories[].category Object Y n/a Knowledge category
knowledge.categories[].category.id String Y n/a Category identifier
knowledge.categories[].category.categoryParentId String N n/a Parent category identifier. Omit for root categories.
knowledge.categories[].category.name String Y n/a Category name
knowledge.documents Arrray N n/a Documents for indexing. Omitting of this field means that indexer must not touch already indexed documents at all.
knowledge.documents[].id String N n/a Document identifier. Server may generate identifier automatically in case when documents[].id is omitted
knowledge.documents[].templateId String Y n/a Document template identifier
knowledge.documents[].author String No n/a (Introduced in 9.0.002.09)

Document author

knowledge.documents[].approver String No n/a (Introduced in 9.0.002.09)

Document approver

knowledge.documents[].validFrom Date N YYYY-MM-DD Document start date
knowledge.documents[].validTo Date N YYYY-MM-DD Document expiration date
knowledge.documents[].media Array N n/a List of media channels that this document is related to.
knowledge.documents[].media.media String N n/a Document media channel value
knowledge.documents[].tags Array N n/a List of tags related to this document
knowledge.documents[].tags.tag String Y n/a Document tag value
knowledge.documents[].url String N n/a Document external url
knowledge.documents[].title String Y n/a Document title
knowledge.documents[].title.id String Y n/a Document title name
knowledge.documents[].title.value String Y n/a Document title value
knowledge.documents[].content Array Y n/a Document content
knowledge.documents[].content[].docField Object Y n/a Document content field
knowledge.documents[].content[].docField.id String Y answer, description, body Document content field name
knowledge.documents[].content[].docField.value String Y n/a Document additional content field value
Important
For importing Rich Text in HTML format via indexer use <![CDATA[ and ]]> tags inside <value> field.
knowledge.documents[].additional Array N n/a Document additional content
knowledge.documents[].additional[].docField String Y n/a Document additional content field
knowledge.documents[].additional[].docField.id String Y n/a Document additional content field name
knowledge.documents[].additional[].docField.value String Y n/a Document additional content field value
Important
For importing Rich Text in HTML format via indexer use <![CDATA[ and ]]> tags inside <value> field.
knowledge.documents[].alternatives Array N n/a Alternative names/questions for the document
knowledge.documents[].alternatives[].alternative String N n/a Relevant text item
knowledge.documents[].attachments Array N n/a Document attachments
knowledge.documents[].attachments[].attachment String N n/a Document attachment URL
knowledge.documents[].categories Array N n/a Document category identifiers
knowledge.documents[].categories[].category Object N n/a Document category object
knowledge.documents[].categories[].category.id String Y n/a Document category identifier
knowledge.documents[].customFields Array N n/a Document custom attributes
knowledge.documents[].customFields[].entry Object N n/a Document custom attribute item
knowledge.documents[].customFields[].entry.key String Y n/a Document custom attribute name
knowledge.documents[].customFields[].entry.value VAR N n/a Document custom attribute value

Example of content of indexing file (v2)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">
<knowledge kbId="knowledgefaq" lang="en" version="8.5.304">
  
    <categories>
        <category>
            <id>c1</id>
            <name>category 1</name>
        </category>
 
        <category>
            <id>c2</id>
            <name>category 2</name>
            <categoryParentId>c1</parentId>
        </category>
    </categories>
 
    <documents>
        <document>
            <id>doc1</id>
            <templateId>basefaq</templateId>
            <validFrom>2017-02-20</validFrom>
            <validTo>2017-02-21</validTo>
            <media>
                <media>m1</media>
                <media>m2</media>
            </media>
            <tags>
                <tag>t1</tag>
                <tag>t2</tag>
            </tags>
            <url>doc1url</url>
 
            <title>
                <id>question</id>
                <value>document question</value>
            </title>
            <content>
                <docField>
                    <id>answer</id>
                    <value>answer body</value>
                </docField>
            </content>
 
            <alternatives>
                <alternative>document alt1</alternative>
                <alternative>document alt2</alternative>
            </alternatives>
 
            <attachments>
                <attachment>a1</attachment>
                <attachment>a2</attachment>
            </attachments>
 
            <categories>
                <category><id>c1</id></category>
                <category><id>c2</id></category>
            </categories>
 
            <customFields>
                <entry>
                    <key>strField</key>
                    <value>some string</value>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                    <key>numField</key>
                    <value>123</value>
                </entry>
            </customFields>
        </document>
         
        <document>
            <id>doc2</id>
            <templateId>basefaq</templateId>
            <validTo>2017-02-21</validTo>
            <media>
                <media>m1</media>
                <media>m2</media>
            </media>
            <tags>
                <tag>t1</tag>
                <tag>t2</tag>
            </tags>
            <url>doc2url</url>
 
            <title>
                <id>question</id>
                <value>document question</value>
            </title>
            <content>
                <docField>
                    <id>answer</id>
                    <value>faq answer</value>
                </docField>
            </content>
            <alternatives>
                <alternative>document alt1</alternative>
                <alternative>document alt2</alternative>
            </alternatives>
 
            <attachments>
                <attachment>a1</attachment>
                <attachment>a2</attachment>
            </attachments>
 
            <categories>
                <category><id>c1</id></category>
                <category><id>c2</id></category>
            </categories>
 
            <customFields>
                <entry>
                    <key>strField</key>
                    <value>some string</value>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                    <key>numField</key>
                    <value>123</value>
                </entry>
            </customFields>
        </document>
  
        <document>
            <id>doc3</id>
            <templateId>basearticle</templateId>
            <media>
                <media>m1</media>
            </media>
             
            <title>
                <id>title</id>
                <value>document title</value>
            </title>
  
            <content>
                <docField>
                    <id>description</id>
                    <value></value>
                </docField>
            </content>
  
            <additional>
                <docField>
                    <id>summary</id>
                    <value>document summary</value>
                </docField>
            </additional>
  
            <customFields>
                <entry>
                    <key>cf1</key>
                </entry>
            </customFields>
        </document>
    </documents>
</knowledge>

Importing Sample Data

In the ./server/tools directory in the Knowledge Center installation folder, you can find a sample knowledge base along with the indexer tool:

  • knowledgeFAQ.xml — Sample knowledge base describing some of the questions related to Knowledge Center
  • indexer.jar—Java-based indexing tool
  • importFAQ.bat—Simple data import script
Important
Users must have Knowledge.AUTHOR privileges in order to use the Administrator plugin.

To import a sample knowledge base you need to:

  1. open import.bat file:
    • ensure that --host parameter is pointing on one of your Knowledge Center Servers or the load balancer in front of the cluster (recommended)
    • ensure that --user parameter is set to valid used with Knowledge.AUTHOR privileges (knowledge by default)
    • save changes if any
  2. open knowledgeFAQ.xml:
    • ensure that kbId attribute is set to desired knowledge base you would like to import data to (knowledgeFAQ by default)
    • ensure that language is set to properly configured one and added to the knowledge base
    • save changes if any
  3. run import.bat
This page was last edited on November 2, 2018, at 18:37.
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