1.3 Node Browser

[ghernando]

I'm using an Alfresco CE 1.3 code base obtained from SVN early last week.
In the Admin area there is a Node Browser option.
This seems interesting, but I can't get it to work very well.

I attempted to try to use the Lucine search based off of examples from the Search wiki page.  But I can't get it to return any results.
It also throws a lot of JSF errors, possibly because of my syntax errors in experimenting?

Should this feature be currently working?

[ghernando]

I've found that using the Lucene search in the Node Browser that a few things like:
TITLE:\"Guest Home\"
and
PATH:"/*"
will work. 

Most everything else just flashes the screen and refreshes the same content on the screen.

The refresh does not work well.  Sometimes I will need to click and submit "Search" a few times before it actually show any results.  It often pops back into the search field the previous search string that I entered.

[gavinc]

Hi,

The node browser was introduced as more of a debug tool for developers so although the features should function as advertised, fixing issues in this area have not had the highest priority.

I would suggest raising the issues you have found in JIRA and they will assigned and prioritised accordingly.

[davidc]

The search does work, but you have to be careful to ensure the lucene statements are escaped appropriately.

These searches worked:

TYPE:"{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content"
PATH:"/app:company_home"
@cm\:name:"Alfresco-Tutorial.pdf"

The issue regarding the back button is possibly a general JSF issue.

[ghernando]

Yes.  Great.  All of these examples work for me now.
I was greatly confused because of the JSF problems.  I often need to click "back" and then re-search.  I think I tried your first example before, but had thought that nothing was being returned because of the JSF refresh.  And the previous search criterion sometimes reappears and populates the search field.  Is there a configuration fix for these problems?  I don't seem to have these problems on other pages of the application.

Also, is there a description of the syntax for the other types of searches:  noderef, xpath, selectnodes?

I'm surprised that via the UI there doesn't seem to be a useful/easy way to do more complicated searches against the document metadata.  Also I wonder why this search functionality is hidden away as an Administrator capability.

[davidc]

> Is there a configuration fix for these problems? I don't seem to have these problems on other pages of the application.

There might be, I'd have to refer to one of our JSF guru's.

> Also, is there a description of the syntax for the other types of searches: noderef, xpath, selectnodes?

You can look at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search.

> I'm surprised that via the UI there doesn't seem to be a useful/easy way to do more complicated searches against the document metadata. Also I wonder why this search functionality is hidden away as an Administrator capability.

I'd be surprised too - there's an Advanced Search available in the Web Client.   Click on the drop down menu (the small triangle) to the left of the search box.  You can search on all sorts of criteria.

[jmliege]

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> Also, is there a description of the syntax for the other types of searches: noderef, xpath, selectnodes?

You can look at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search.

With the final point , it goes to an invalid url…

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Search