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Instant Information Access With Magnify Search
Dr. Rado KotorovTechnical Director Strategic Product Mgt.
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Trend: Search Based Applications (SBA)
Trend: Convergence of BI and Search and the emergence of search based applications
Definition: Search based applications combine: a Google like access to applications and data capabilities to search across multiple sources, fields, and
data types; guided navigation of search results Interactive analysis of search results, e.g. sort, chart,
filter, etc. drill down to reports and structured ad hoc forms directly
from the search results
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Example: Search Based BI Application
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Mainframe
SBA: Single Access Point To All Sources
Single Point of Information Access
IT
BusinessAnalysts
Anyone
Mainframe Spare Spare Mainframe SpareData Data
Multiple Application
Interfaces
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SBA: The Only Technology that Provides Access to Mixed Content
Unstructured Structured
Mixed Content
Tagged Documents
Clobs/Memo Fields
Document/Workflow MS
Search Priorities by Source: Call Center Narrative
37% Email
38% Enterprise Content
Management System34%
Field Service Note36%
Instant Message30%
Web 2.0 Sources47%
Risk Management
Source: Aberdeen Research on of “The Convergence of Unstructured and Structured Information”
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Magnify Search: IBI’s Innovative Approach
Records/Transactions Parameters Reports
Over 300 Application And Data Stores Over 300 File Formats
Web Search
DocumentFiles
Images MultiMedia
Enterprise BI Search
ReportsServers
Transactional Indexing Crawling
IBI Differentiators
Database
Mainframe
BI Companies Search Companies
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Magnify Search: IBI’s Innovative Approach
OEM of Open Source
Extend the core engine capabilities with Search and RIA
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iWay Service Manager
Magnify Search: How we do it?
Capture incoming transactions
Enrich transaction with meta data
Transform and feed records into Google
Search Request
Magnify Results
Report Request
WF Report
• Assisted Navigation
• Tabular View
Operational Data Store
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Magnify Federated Indexing vs. Federated Search
Custom Logic to Send Search Query to Multiple Sources
Custom Logic to Aggregate Search Query Results
Search Term
Data
Data
Data
Data
Mainframe Spare Spare Spare
Sample Applications
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Law Enforcement Application With Magnify
The KPI Page
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The Search Page
Law Enforcement Application With Magnify
The goal of this application is to provide officers with a simple way to find information. For example, if a hit-and-run accident occurred, a trooper may enter a partial plate number, a car description or other information, and be able to find related information in any of the police systems.
The goal of this application is to provide officers with a simple way to find information. For example, if a hit-and-run accident occurred, a trooper may enter a partial plate number, a car description or other information, and be able to find related information in any of the police systems.
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Law Enforcement Application With Magnify
The search results page. Search results are displayed on the right side. The guided navigation tree is on the left side.
The search term in this example is a partial plate number. The search results are retrieved from four different systems – criminal cases, vehicle registrations, court records, and citations.
The search term in this example is a partial plate number. The search results are retrieved from four different systems – criminal cases, vehicle registrations, court records, and citations.
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Law Enforcement Application With Magnify
Tabular view of search results
The tabular view offers a convenient way to interact with the results and find some correlations.
The tabular view offers a convenient way to interact with the results and find some correlations.
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Law Enforcement Application With Magnify
A report generated from a search result. The report can come from multiple sources. Drilldowns provide access to more information.
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Help Desk Search Application
The goal of this application is to provide customer support employees with a simple way to access customer records and abilities to search across fields and within text, notes, memos.
The goal of this application is to provide customer support employees with a simple way to access customer records and abilities to search across fields and within text, notes, memos.
The Search Page
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Help Desk Search Application
The Search Results Page
Notice that a search for “Verizon” has returned results which have other companies listed in the COMPANY field. A regular query would have returned only records that have “Verizion” in the COMPANY field.
Notice that a search for “Verizon” has returned results which have other companies listed in the COMPANY field. A regular query would have returned only records that have “Verizion” in the COMPANY field.
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Help Desk Search ApplicationA Report on the Actual Record
“Verizon” is found in a summary field. The summary field contains unstructured description of the case.
“Verizon” is found in a summary field. The summary field contains unstructured description of the case.
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Help Desk Search ApplicationA Report on the Actual Record
“Verizon” is found in a the detailed notes about the case.
“Verizon” is found in a the detailed notes about the case.
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Help Desk Search Application
The Search Results Page
A user can run a summary report instead of a detailed report. Any number of reports can be associated with the search result
A user can run a summary report instead of a detailed report. Any number of reports can be associated with the search result
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Help Desk Search ApplicationThe Summary Report Associated With the Search Record
The summary report aggregates all cases for the company associated with the search result.
The summary report aggregates all cases for the company associated with the search result.
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