Recruitment Verity Search

Recruitment verity search involves running a number of application engine programs (e.g. HRS_SRCH_APP, HRS_SRCH_IDX, HRS_JSCH_IDX) to generate indexes for the verity search engine. These files are created on the process scheduler, typically under the folder PS_HOME\data\search\.

The data is stored in sub-folders such as:

• HRS_AppContent
• HRS_JobContent
• HRS_JobPosting
• HRS_ResumeText

When a user performs a search however, verity uses the data on the application server under the same folder structure (e.g. PS_HOME\data\search). If the files do not exist on the application server, then the search will not return any results. This happens when the application server and process scheduler are on separate servers. If you copy the files from PS_HOME\data\search from the process scheduler to the application server, the recruitment search will start working. However this is hardly an ideally solution.

What is required is a symbolic link on the application server that points to the PS_HOME\data\search folder on the process scheduler. In Windows environments you can create this using the mklink. On the application server, remove the search folder then create the symbolic link:

C:\PeopleSoft\data>mklink search \\prcsscheduler\\c$\peoplesoft\data\search /d