Available for: Search Engine Server
Task: This command creates a new collection.
Syntax
createCollection collectionName [switchable]
Function parameters
collectionName: The name of the
collection to be created. The name must be a valid file name. A
collection with this name, whether switchable or not, must not
already exist.
switchable: The value can be 0 or 1.
It determines whether the collection to be created is to be
switchable (1) or not (0, the default). In conjunction with the
incremental export, i.e. when using the Search Server together with
the Template Engine you require switchable collections.
Non-switchable collections are meant to be used only with content
that is exported statically.
Return value: If the command has been be executed successfully it returns the name of the collection created.
Additional Information
The names of the default collections are cm-contents (editorial system) and live-docs (live system). The Search Engine Server creates these collections automatically at startup if no collections exist.
The style files used for creation are located in the
config/vdk/style directory. If, however, this directory
contains a directory named like the collection to be created, then the
style files in this directory will be used. These files are copied to
the style directory below the corresponding collection
directory.
Example
SES>createCollection sportsNews sportsNews