Brief overview of the architecture of Oracle Endeca Information Discovery

1. ORACLE ENDECA INFORMATION DISCOVERY
ARCHITECTURE
Waalwijk, 2013

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ENDECA INFORMATION DISCOVERY COMPONENTS

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ENDECA INTEGRATION SUITE
• Extensible framework for unstructured data
connectivity and manipulation
• Crawlers for file systems and the web
• Adapters for
Sharepoint, Documentum, FileNet, Lotus
Notes, Interwoven, OpenText
• Text and metadata extraction for 500 file formats
• Advanced text enrichment capabilities
• Flexible, agile, enterprise class ETL
• Adapters for JDBC, and common file types
(XML, delimited, fixed-width, etc.)
• Java SDK framework for creating new
adapters and data manipulation
• Multi-node configuration for high-scale
ingest
• Commercial ETL tools readily plug into the
Server data API
• Strong partnership with Informatica
• Best practices available for variety of
additional ETL technologies
Open API
Endeca Server
Unstructured
Data
Structured and
Semi-Structured
Data
Enterprise
Structured
Data

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ENDECA SERVER
- Java-based server
- Focused on search and analytics
- Multiple data stores support
• Named for easy identification
- Manage with web services
• Create, attach, detach, start data
stores
- Single access point for query
ingest
• http://<host>:<port>/ws/query/<datast
ore>

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LOADING STRUCTURED DATA
• TxnID = 12325
• ProductID = 507
• Category = Road Bike
• Amount = $1399.49
• Weight = 20lb.
• FrameType = Composite
• Saddle = Bontrager Race
• Review = Disappointing for the price. The frame feels heavier than I
expected.
• ReviewSentiment = Negative
• ReviewTerm = Disappointing
• ReviewTerm = Price
• ReviewTerm = Heavier
ETL
• TxnID = 12324
• ProductID = 506
• Category = Mountain Bike
• Amount = $499.99
• Suspension = Fox 32 F-Series
• FrameType = Aluminium
• Saddle = Bontrager SSR
• Mountain Accessories = Fork and shock sag meter
• Mountain Accessories = Water Bottle
• Review = A great bike for off road. Smooth ride over the bumps
• ReviewSentiment = Positive
• ReviewTerm = Great
• ReviewTerm = Off Road
• ReviewTerm = Smooth
• ReviewTerm = Bumps
Transaction
TxnID ProductID Category Amount
12324 506Mountain Bike 499
12325 507Road Bike 1399

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LOADING SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA
• TxnID = 12325
• ProductID = 507
• Category = Road Bike
• Amount = $1399.49
• Weight = 20lb.
• FrameType = Composite
• Saddle = Bontrager Race
• Review = Disappointing for the price. The frame feels heavier than
I expected.
• ReviewSentiment = Negative
• ReviewTerm = Disappointing
• ReviewTerm = Price
• ReviewTerm = Heavier
• TxnID = 12324
• ProductID = 506
• Category = Mountain Bike
• Amount = $499.99
• Suspension = Fox 32 F-Series
• FrameType = Aluminium
• Saddle = Bontrager SSR
• Mountain Accessories = Fork and shock sag meter
• Mountain Accessories = Water Bottle
• Review = A great bike for off road. Smooth ride over the bumps
• ReviewSentiment = Positive
• ReviewTerm = Great
• ReviewTerm = Off Road
• ReviewTerm = Smooth
• ReviewTerm = Bumps
<ProductData ProductID="506">
<Attribute Key="Suspension">Fox 32 F-Series</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="FrameType">Aluminium</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="Saddle">Bontrager SSR</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="Mountain Accessories">
Fork and shock sag meter</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="Mountain Accessories">
Water Bottle</Attribute>
</ProductData>
<ProductData ProductID="507">
<Attribute Key="Weight">20lb.</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="FrameType">Composite</Attribute>
<Attribute Key="Saddle">Bontrager Race</Attribute>
</ProductData>
ETL

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LOADING UNSTRUCTURED DATA
• TxnID = 12325
• ProductID = 507
• Category = Road Bike
• Amount = $1399.49
• Weight = 20lb.
• FrameType = Composite
• Saddle = Bontrager Race
• Review = Disappointing for the price. The frame feels heavier than
I expected.
• ReviewSentiment = Negative
• ReviewTerm = Disappointing
• ReviewTerm = Price
• ReviewTerm = Heavier
• TxnID = 12324
• ProductID = 506
• Category = Mountain Bike
• Amount = $499.99
• Suspension = Fox 32 F-Series
• FrameType = Aluminium
• Saddle = Bontrager SSR
• Mountain Accessories = Fork and shock sag meter
• Mountain Accessories = Water Bottle
• Review = A great bike for off road. Smooth ride over the bumps
• ReviewSentiment = Positive
• ReviewTerm = Great
• ReviewTerm = Off Road
• ReviewTerm = Smooth
• ReviewTerm = Bumps
Review: #1301
Product: 506
A great bike for off
road. Smooth ride
over the bumps
Review: #1327
Product: 507
Disappointing for
the price. The frame
feels heavier than I
expected.
ETL

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ENRICH UNSTRUCTURED DATA
• TxnID = 12325
• ProductID = 507
• Category = Road Bike
• Amount = $1399.49
• Weight = 20lb.
• FrameType = Composite
• Saddle = Bontrager Race
• Review = Disappointing for the price. The frame feels heavier than I
expected.
• ReviewSentiment = Negative
• ReviewTerm = Disappointing
• ReviewTerm = Price
• ReviewTerm = Heavier
• TxnID = 12324
• ProductID = 506
• Category = Mountain Bike
• Amount = $499.99
• Suspension = Fox 32 F-Series
• FrameType = Aluminium
• Saddle = Bontrager SSR
• Mountain Accessories = Fork and shock sag meter
• Mountain Accessories = Water Bottle
• Review = A great bike for off road. Smooth ride over the bumps
• ReviewSentiment = Positive
• ReviewTerm = Great
• ReviewTerm = Off Road
• ReviewTerm = Smooth
• ReviewTerm = Bumps

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FLEXIBLE DATA MODEL
Relationships exposed
Through common data and metadata
PRODUCT
DATE
GEOGRAPHY

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SCALABILITY & PERFORMANCE ENDECA SERVER

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURED AND
UNSTRUCTURED DATA

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STUDIO COMPONENT LIBRARY
• Bookmarks
• Breadcrumbs
• Chart
• Guided Navigation
• Range Filters
• Record Details
• Results Table
• Search Box
• Metrics Bar
• Cross Tab
– And more…
Endeca Components Included Out of the Box

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USER EXPERIENCE (1)

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USER EXPERIENCE (2)

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