Documill Visual Search Integration

Google Enterprise Search Appliance (GSA)

Applicable products

Google Mini
Google Search Appliance

Fig 1. Default user interface of Google Search Appliance search result list

Integration pre-requirements

There is virtual/dedicated system available for deploying Documill solution. Recommended OSes are Windows Server 2008 R2 (64bit) and 64bit Linux (Fedora, Centos, Redhat) with 8 GB of RAM.
Indexed files are behind supported security scheme: Basic authentication (also over SSL), NTLM or Kerberos.

Fig 2. Google GSA default UI enhanced with Documill Visual Search Floating Viewer

Integration project

Typically 1 day deployment effort, done either on-site or remotely.
Complexity, and effort required, varies depending on the authentication model/s used, as well as on the variety of document repositories indexed.
While Documill Visual Search experience is often integrated into default GSA result list view, it is possible to integrate it into some custom-made UI using Google Search API.

Fig 3. Google GSA search results previewed using Documill Resultset Previewer ("The Ribbon")

Documill Visual Search Offering for Google Search Appliance

Result set previewing: Documill Resultset Previewer ("The Ribbon") or Documill Floating Previewer
Document online viewing: Documill Online Document Viewer or Documill Floating Viewer
Document re-use: Documill Page Collections ("Visual Bookmarking")

Fig 4. Google GSA indexed document viewed using Documill Online Viewer

Related online demos

Google Search Appliance #1 -- Documill Ribbon Previewer and Online Viewer integrated into default GSA search UI.
Google Search Appliance #2 -- Documill Floating Previewer and Online Viewer integrated into default GSA search UI.

Documill Visual Search offers great addition to GSA in use cases with a lot of document centered searches. It provides great visual appeal and considerable time savings for the user. It is extremely easy to integrate with any GSA Google Search API powered search application that benefits from the document preview capability.