Indri Indexer Help

Getting Started

IndexUI is an application that simplifies the process of indexing a collection of data files for use with the RetUI retrieval application. You specify an index name and at least one data file to index in the appropriate fields of the IndexUI's main panel. For all other parameters, the defaults supplied here should be appropriate for most applications. Review these settings (described below) and click the Build Index button to build your index.

Menus

IndexUI has two menus, described below.

File Menu

Quit
Exits the Indri IndexUI. This item is disabled when an index is being built. It is still possible to close the window with the title bar control. If you do close the window while an index is being built, the build will fail and you will have to manually remove the partially built index files.

Help Menu

Help
Opens a window to view this help file. Any hyperlinks in this file will be opened in a separate window within a second window.
About
Displays the About Dialog.

Indexing Tab

On this tab you select the values necessary to construct your index. You are required to select a name for you index, and at least one input data file or directory. All other parameters have default values. Each is described below.

Status Messages Tab

This tab provides status messages from the indexing process. It is updated as the process runs and should scroll to (or near) the bottom as messages are added.