Search API

iProva has support for federated search; it allows 3^rd party intranet or portal solutions to forward a search query to iProva and receive the search results, which can then be displayed to the end user by the 3^rd party solution together with the search results from that system and/or other federated systems.Search results can include (depending on the licensed modules):

• Documents
• Process flowcharts
• Cards
• Forms
• Question list
• Reports (management information)
• Links to web pages/network locations

iProva itself protects the end user from information overload by directing him to a start portal which gives access to information relevant for that user. It is important that the same principles are kept in mind when integrating iProva in a 3^rd party intranet or portal solution. Therefore, search queries can be and should be limited to the scope of a certain portal or to an even smaller scope: collections. The concepts “portals” and “collections” are explained in this document.

For 3^rd party systems which cannot support federated search or prefer to include all content in their own search index, it is also possible to crawl the content of iProva instead of using the federated search API.