The Discovery Framework 1.4 provides a core set of application
capabilities designed to address the most common requirements for search
applications.
The Discovery Framework contains the following
Endeca components:
- The
Attribute Settings component allows you to modify the display
names of attributes in your data sources. Note that this component appears in
the Liferay Control Panel.
- The
Bookmarks component allows you to save the navigation state and
component state of a given component so that you can return to them.
- The
Breadcrumbs component provides breadcrumb navigation aid
functionality.
- The
Chart component lets you access Corda-based Analytics charting.
- The
Cross Tab component provides a table that allows end users to
perform comparisons and identify trends across several cross sections of data.
- The
Data Sources component allows you to view configured data
sources and test the connection to them. In addition, you can reload updated
configuration based on edits you have made on disk. Note that this component
appears in the Liferay Control Panel.
- The
Data Source Bindings component allows you to associate different
configured data sources with selected components in a single operation, rather
than on a per-component basis. Note that this component appears in the Liferay
Control Panel.
- The
Find Similar component allows you to locate and view a set of
records that share common attributes with a particular record of interest.
- The
Framework Settings component provides access to state, security,
and other settings. Note that this component appears in the Liferay Control
Panel.
- The
Guided Navigation component provides Endeca Guided Navigation
functionality.
- The
Metrics Bar component allows you to view a set of numerical or
text values that summarize various aspects of the underlying data. In some
situations, this component can be used to indicate when a metric has crossed a
specified threshold value.
- The
Performance Metrics component displays information about
component and MDEX Engine query performance. Note that this component appears
in the Liferay Control Panel.
- The
Range Filter component allows you to add and modify range
filters.
- The
Record Details component displays all of the properties for the
record in question.
- The
Results Table component provides a simple interface for
displaying results, along with an example of view transitions.
Note: Version 1.4 also includes a Beta version of an enhanced
Results Table component.
- The
Sample component provides developers with a template from which
they can build their own custom components.
- The
Searchbox component provides searchbox functionality.
- The
Tabbed Component Container allows you to create a tabbed
interface within a region of a page and then store different components on
various tabs.
- The
Advanced Visualization component provides Xcelsius dashboarding
within your application.
Note: For more information about components, see the
Discovery Framework Component Catalog.
Liferay components in the Discovery Framework
The Discovery Framework includes a set of Liferay Portal content
management components that allow you to do things like publish HTML content or
embed an external Web site or application in a component. For an overview of
Liferay Web content management, see
here. For more details, see this Liferay
blog post, or search the
Liferay Portal
site.
The Discovery Framework includes Liferay's
Languages component, which lets you change the server locale.