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1 R E L E A S E N O T E S Autonomy Business Console Version Release Notes This document describes new features and resolved issues for Autonomy Business Console You can retrieve the latest available product documentation from Autonomy s Knowledge Base on the Customer Support site. Contents Other Documentation New in this Release Resolved Issues Notes Documentation Updates Other Documentation For more information about Autonomy Business Console, refer to the following documents: Autonomy Business Console User Guide 23 June 2010 Copyright Autonomy Corporation plc and all its affiliates. All rights reserved.

2 New in this Release This section lists new features in Autonomy Business Console version Parametric Cardinal Placement The Cardinal Placement project was added. Parametric cardinal placement ensures that certain field values appear at desired positions in parametric field lists when predefined query criteria are met. For example, Company X has a large number of excess Acme DVD players that it wants to sell. Using cardinal placement, Company X can ensure that when a user searches its Web site for DVD players, Acme is at the top of a list of DVD manufacturers that appears beside the search results. IMPORTANT Parametric cardinal placement is only available on systems running a Query Manipulation Server. For more information, refer to the Autonomy Business Console User Guide. Add Cardinal Placement Project A cardinal placements is a type of Query Tuning project. To add a cardinal placement project 1. In the Business Projects explorer, right-click Query Tuning projects, then click Create a new Cardinal Placement. The Add a Cardinal Placement dialog opens. 2. In the Cardinal Placement box, type the name of the cardinal placement project and click Ok. The project appears in the Business Projects explorer. 2 Autonomy Business Console Release Notes

3 After you create a cardinal placement project, select it to view it in the main working window. Define Cardinal Placement Rule The cardinal placement rule specifies the parametric field and value to boost, the position to which to boost the specified value, and the query terms that trigger the rule. To define a cardinal placement rule 1. Next to Query contains, click Set. The Set Query dialog box opens. 2. Type the query terms in the Value box. Separate multiple words with spaces, and use quotation marks around exact phrases. Click Submit. The query terms are listed in the Set Rule area. 3. Next to Field name matches, click Set. The Select a field dialog box opens. 4. From the drop-down list, select a parametric field and click Submit. The field is listed in the Set Rule area. 5. Next to Field value to boost, click Set. The Select a value dialog box opens. Autonomy Business Console Release Notes 3

4 6. From the drop-down list, select the value you want to boost and click Submit. The field value is listed in the Set Rule area. 7. Next to Boost to position, click Set. The Set Position To Boost dialog opens. 8. In the Value box, type the position to which to boost the field value selected in Step 6. You must type a positive integer. The default is 1. The boost value is listed in the Set Rule area. Define Field Text Criteria You can define additional keywords or numerical values a user must search for to trigger the placement rule. For example, you can add a numerical condition that ensures users must specify a certain price in addition to the basic query criteria before the placement rule is applied. NOTE If the Query text is set to * (wildcard), you must specify field text criteria; otherwise, field text criteria are optional. To define field text criteria 1. Under Add Field Text Condition for Placement, click Add. 4 Autonomy Business Console Release Notes

5 The Add Field Text Condition (When to Boost) dialog box opens. 2. Under Set Condition Type, choose either keyword or number. The keyword option is selected by default. The bottom area toggles between Set Keywords and Set Numbers depending on your choice. 3. Under Set Fields, click Add. A dialog box opens. IMPORTANT Any fields you want to use for keywords must be defined as Match fields in the IDOL server configuration file. Any fields you want to use for numbers must be defined as Numeric fields. For more information, refer to the IDOL Server Administration Guide. 4. From the Field name drop-down list, select the desired field. Click Ok. The field name appears under Set Fields. Repeat Step 3 and Step 4 to add other fields as desired. 5. Under Set Keywords (or Set Numbers), click Add. Autonomy Business Console Release Notes 5

6 The Add Argument dialog box opens. The Examples and Arg Type change depending on whether it is a keyword or numeric condition. 6. Type a value in the Arg Value box. Type text strings for keyword conditions or numbers for numeric conditions. If there is a comma in the string you want to enter, type %5C in place of the comma. Click Submit. The arguments are listed under Set Keywords (or Set Numbers). 7. (Optional) Click Preview to view the IDOL format of the placement condition. 8. Click Save. The placement condition is listed under Add Optional Condition for Placement. Edit or Delete Placement Criteria You can edit or delete optional criteria. To edit an optional condition 1. Select the condition. 2. Click Edit. 3. Modify the condition as desired, then click Save. To delete an optional condition 1. Select the condition. 6 Autonomy Business Console Release Notes

7 2. Click Delete. A confirmation dialog box opens. 3. Click Yes. The condition or action is removed from the list. Preview Cardinal Placement Rule Format You can preview the IDOL format of optional conditions or of the entire placement rule as it would appear in IDOL IDX format. To preview an optional condition 1. Select the condition. 2. Click Preview. A dialog box opens, containing the IDOL format preview. This example shows a keyword condition. To preview an entire placement rule On the main Cardinal Placement Rule screen, beside Preview IDOL format, click View. A dialog box opens, showing the placement rule in IDX format. Autonomy Business Console Release Notes 7

8 Resolved Issues Field Validation ABC now validates blacklists and whitelists before publishing them. Phrase association validation was updated. Validation ensures that required criteria are defined and documents are selected. If criteria are missing, the projects are not published. Blacklists and whitelists must contain at least one keyword. Phrase associations must now contain at least two associated documents and a default phrase. If any project fails validation, ABC returns an error message and does not publish the project. Resolved Issues This section lists resolved issues in Autonomy Business Console version All users were able to view the Statistics Summary tab even if they lacked the appropriate user roles or were not valid users. Notes Installation Notes To run ABC with the Autonomy Applications Server (Tomcat), the host system must have enough memory to be able to set the heap size to 1024MB. To determine whether you can set the heap size to 1024MB 1. Open a command prompt at the following directory: installation\appserver\bin where installation is the IDOL server installation directory. 2. Run the following command: java -Xmx1024m version If the following message is returned, ABC cannot run on the machine: Invalid maximum heap size: -Xmx1024m The specified size exceeds the maximum representable size. Could not create the Java virtual machine. 8 Autonomy Business Console Release Notes

9 Notes Java Runtime Environment 1.6 Compatibility Issues Client machines can run ABC with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6. However, ABC may not function due to conflicts between JRE 1.6 and Tomcat 5.5 (installed with IDOL). If you are using JRE 1.6, you must do one of the following. Install Tomcat 6.x, available for download at: To use Tomcat 5.5, follow this procedure to make the necessary configuration changes: a. Stop the Autonomy Applications Server (Tomcat). b. Delete the ABC directory located at: installation\appserver\webapps\abc where installation is the IDOL server installation directory. c. Open a command prompt at the following directory: installation\appserver\bin d. Run the following command: tomcat5w.exe //ES//AutonomyApplicationServer The Autonomy Application Server Properties dialog opens. e. On the Java tab, clear the Use default check box. f. Under Java Virtual Machine, click and browse to the following file: installation\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll Click Open. g. Set Maximum memory pool to h. Click OK. i. Start the Autonomy Applications Server and launch ABC. Promotion Field Criteria in QMS and Non-QMS Systems In Promotion projects, the options available on the User Query Criteria tab depend on whether or not the Query Manipulation Server is enabled. If QMS is enabled, the Field Selection sub-tab is not available; in non-qms systems, it is. Autonomy Business Console Release Notes 9

10 Documentation Updates Documentation Updates The product documentation was not updated for this release. Check Autonomy s Knowledge Base on the Customer Support site for documentation updates: 10 Autonomy Business Console Release Notes