The Website Tree Adaptor creates a site map which is displayed in Analysis Center (Object Explorer) and is used in reports for content drilldown. In order to generate a site map, the adaptor crawls and indexes the website content (just like search engines).
After running a scheduled website crawl, the adaptor adds new pages and removes the deleted ones. The adaptor also adds to the site map any un-indexed pages which are detected by the tracking agent.
Unlike the CardioLog SharePoint adaptors which retrieve item metadata by using the SharePoint API, the Website Tree Adaptor collects information directly from the website pages. Therefore, some reporting features are not available, including the "by type" report filter and some of the portal growth reports (content contributors, document modifications, document modifiers, portal actions, portal growth trend, portal inventory, and unmodified documents).
The CardioLog Website Tree Adaptor is also used for remotely hosted disconnected systems (such as SharePoint Online).
The Website Tree Adaptor is installed along with CardioLog. There is no installation required on the website servers. In order to configure the Website Tree adaptor, perform the following steps:
- Browse CardioLog > Administration > System Configuration > Website Tree Adaptor
- Click Add Website button and fill in the website name and website URL. The URL should be the website root URL (example: http://www.intlock.com).
- Enter crawl Authentication credentials (for secured websites).
- Click Save at the bottom of the page. Once the crawl is saved. you will be able to view it in the main website tree adaptor user interface, where you will also see different columns of current information from the last scheduled job
- Restart the CardioLog Scheduling Service.
- After the next run of Portal Tree Updates service and running a scheduled website crawl, the site map will be displayed in Analysis Center (Object Explorer) and is used in reports for content drilldown.