Spotlight Registry Keys -- Refreshable

The following keys control certain features or behaviors of Access Connect Network Spotlight support. The keys in this section are refreshable and take effect when the Refresh Registry button is clicked on the Settings dialog of the Access Connect Administrator or when the service is started.

These keys should be added in the following registry location:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ExtremeZ-IP\Parameters4\Spotlight\Refreshable\

dtSearchVerifyIndex

• Description: Controls whether dtSearch index(es) are verified when checking their existence.
• Default: Off
• Refreshable: Yes

dtSearchExcludeFromIndexingList

• Description: Comma separated list of strings, paths and/or file types to not index.
• Default: ''
• Type: string
• Refreshable: Yes

DtSearchIndexIsAccentSensitive

• Description: When enabled, items with special characters (e.g. ä, ö) will not be found if you search for their unaccented counterparts (e.g. a, o).
• Default: Off
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightEnabled

• Description: Whether or not the Network Spotlight feature is enabled.
• Default: Off
• Refreshable: Yes

NumSpotlightSearchResults

• Description: The maximum number of results that can be returned in a Spotlight search. A value of 0 represents "unlimited".
• Default: 1000
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightKeypressDelay

• Description: The amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait before processing a Spotlight search request. This delay allows users to type in search fields without generating a series of search requests. For example, without the delay, typing in "test" would result in four searches, the first three of which will be quickly cancelled: "t", "te", "tes" and finally "test".
• Default: 150
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightEnabledAllVolumes

• Description: Whether or not Spotlight support is automatically enabled for all volumes. If disabled, Spotlight support will be configured on a volume-by-volume basis.
• Default: Off
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightUsesWindowsKindClassification

• Description: Whether or not the server uses Windows’ classification of files into various "kinds" when Mac clients perform a Spotlight "kind" search. For example, if the Mac client searches for "kind = Movie", the server will perform a lookup using the Windows "video" kind, and return the appropriate results. If the setting is 0, the server will take the Mac "kind", map it to a UTI, and then perform a search based on the set of file extensions that match the UTI. For example, if the Mac client searches for "kind = Movie", the server will map that to "public.movie" and find files with the corresponding extensions (e.g. .mov, .mpg). The advantage of using the Windows kinds is that the search is faster - the downside is that there are a few file types that are categorized differently on Mac and Windows. For example, .m4p (iTunes) files are considered Audio by Mac clients, but are given a Windows kind of "unknown".
• Default: On
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightIgnoresUnknownTerms

• Description: Whether or not the server will ignore Spotlight search terms it doesn't understand. For example, with this setting enabled, if the client searches for "name = test and audio bit rate = 4096", the server will ignore the "audio bit rate" term and simply return hits matching "name = test". With the setting disabled, any search containing one or more unknown search terms will automatically return 0 results.
• Default: On
• Refreshable: Yes

SpotlightDefaultSearchIsBeginsWith

• Description: Whether or not the default Spotlight search is a "begins with" search, or (if disabled) a "contains" search.
• Default: On
• Refreshable: Yes