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How to define a TFS project in Krugle
In Krugle, a Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) Project can be based on either (i) TFS
code data or (ii) TFS workitem data. If you want to search both types of items, you will need to
specify a separate Krugle project for each type of data.
To search TFS workitem data in Krugle you will need to (A) create a TFS SCMI Data Repository
and (B) create a Krugle Project with that Data Repository. Details for these steps as follows:
Create a TFS SCMI Data Repository
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Verify that the TFS SCMI service is running properly
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Sign in to the Krugle Administration Console from an internet browser. Enter the
host name URL assigned to Krugle Enterprise during the initial installation
process, with ":8080" appended to the end of the URL as the port address. In the
example below, the base IP address is 192.168.2.188.
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Enter valid administration credentials (e.g. those specified during initial
installation of Krugle Enterprise) to Sign In to Krugle. You will then see the
Status tab of the Administration Console:
4)
Click the Projects tab to go to Projects Summary page:
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Click the Data Repositories option in the left navigation pane. You’ll see the
Data Repositories that are currently defined in your system. These Data
Repositories are database records stored in Krugle that contain the information
that Krugle needs to connect to information servers on your network:
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To add a Repository in Krugle that will store your TFS information, click the Add
New Data Repository button. You will then see the Data Repository definition
page:
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Select SCMI from the Data RepositoryType drop down list – as shown below:
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Enter the verified IP address or hostname which the TFS SCMI running on, from
step 1) above:
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Click Next button to continue defining the Data Repository:
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Enter a descriptive name for the Data Repository. Unless specifically directed by
Krugle, you won’t need to change the Path, Port or Connection Type fields:
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Click Save button to complete the specification of the new Data Repository. You’ll
return to the Data:
This completes the process of creating a Data Repository. In the following section, we’ll create a
Krugle Project that incorporates this Data Repository to specify the selected data from the
repository (all of it or part of it) – that Krugle will search.
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Create a Krugle Project with TFS SCMI Data Repository
A Krugle Project is a definition of the specific data that you want Krugle to crawl.
A Krugle Project can contain all of the information in a repository (or several
repositories), or just a portion of that information. Additionally, the Krugle Project
can be specified to crawl that information once or to automatically recrawl and
update that information in the future.
In this section, we explain the basic options in setting up a Krugle Project for TFS
Workitems, as shown in the local TFS platform below:
In this example, we will create a Krugle project that will crawl all of the work items
in the project CommonLibrary.NET _Demo team project collection. The work items in
this project are shown below:
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Navigate to the Projects Summary page in the Krugle Admin console (see Step 2
above if you’re currently not signed in to the Admin console):
Next:
1) In Project Summary page, click the Add New Project option located directly
beneath and to the right of the Snapshot Status area:
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2) On the Add/Edit Project page, click the Advanced Setting link:
3) Enter the Project information requested in the form. Fields marked with a *
are required:
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4) Click the Next button after entering the Project metadata into the form. You
will go to the second step of Add/Edit Project page like following picture:
5) Select the Data Repository type which you created in previous section from
the dropdown list (in the following screen, we are selecting the TFS-SCMI):
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6) After selecting the TFS SCMI Type, enter the Location (as the IP and Port
address obtained when installing the TFS SCMI), the Parameter (login
credentials) and Alias fields:
7) When finished, Click the Add Data Set button:
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8) Click the Finish button to create the Krugle Project. NOTE: this example
uses only one Data Set; multiple Data Sets are supported – but not
demonstrated here.
9) You will be redirected to the Project Summary page where the newly created
project will be displayed:
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10) At this point, Krugle will begin to crawl and index your project. After these
steps are successfully completed, you will see a Green check icon in the
Status column for the project:
This completes the specification of a Krugle Project for TFS workitems. This
information can now be searched.
If you want to search Krugle for the work item issues in the new created project:
● Go to Krugle Search Environment(KSE), point your browser to the URL
shown in the VMware console window when Krugle was installed. In this
example, that URL is http://192.168.2.188:
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● Enter the search term like: project:TFS-Common-Library，TFS-CommonLibrary is the project name you created.
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● For this term, Krugle will search and list all work items and work item
attachments in these in the project TFS-Common-Library. The results will
appear as a list in the Krugle Search Environment results page:
● You can click any file name link (blue text) from the result list to view
details of that result. For example, clicking “workitem – 10”:from the
preceding list will display the following information about that workitem:
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