Configure geoportal to search other catalogs

Starting from 2.6.2, it is possible to configure Esri Geoportal Server to search other catalogs including geoportal 1.x & 2.x, ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, CSW 2.0.2, and CSW 3.0.0 end points within the map viewer. This page describes steps to configure geoportal search widget for them.

To configure search for ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS

• Copy the following block of code to config.json in ..\geoportal2\viewer\configs\GeoportalSearch

    {
     "name": "ArcGIS Online",
     "url": "https://www.arcgis.com",
     "type": "portal",
     "profile": null,
     "requiredFilter": null,
     "enabled": true,
     "useProxy": false,
     "disableContentType": false
   },

• Update parameters to proper value.
  • url: For Portal for Arcgis, the url should be similar to http://www.arcgis.com/arcgis
  • type: The type should be "portal" for ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS
  • enabled: If enabled, check box will be checked in the search drop down list by default
  • useProxy: It indicates whether the url will go through a proxy

To configure search for other geoportal 2.x instance

• Copy the following block of code to config.json in ..\geoportal2\viewer\configs\GeoportalSearch

For Elastic 7.x
   {
     "name": "gptdb1",
     "url": "http://servername:8080/geoportal/elastic/metadata/item/_search",
     "type": "geoportal",
     "profile": null,
     "requiredFilter": null,
     "useProxy": false,
     "disableContentType": true,
     "enabled": true
   },

For Elastic 8.x
    {
      "name": "gptdb1",
      "url": "http://servername:8080/geoportal/elastic/metadata/_search",
      "type": "geoportal",
      "profile": null,
      "requiredFilter": null,
      "useProxy": false,
      "disableContentType": true,
      "enabled": true
    },

• Update parameters to proper value.
  • url: url to the geoportal 2.x search instance
  • type: The type should be "geoportal" for Esri Geoportal Server 2.x
  • enabled: If enabled, check box will be checked in the search drop down list by default
  • useProxy: It indicates whether the url will go through a proxy
  • disableContentType: Set the value to true to disable contentType in the header

To configure search for CSW 3.0.0 end point

• Copy the following block of code to config.json in ..\geoportal2\viewer\configs\GeoportalSearch

   {
     "name": "CSW3 Geoportal2)",
     "url": "http://servername:8080/geoportal2/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecords",
     "type": "csw3",
     "profile": null,
     "enabled": true,
     "useProxy": true
   },

• Update parameters to proper value.
  • url: url for the CSW 3.0.0 GetRecords request
  • type: the type should be "csw3" for CSW 3.0.0
  • enabled: if enabled, check box will be checked in the search drop down list by default
  • useProxy: indicate if the url will go through a proxy
  • disableContentType: Set the value to true to disable contentType in the header

To configure search for CSW 2.0.2 end point (including geoportal 1.x & 2.x)

• Copy the following block of code to config.json in ..\geoportal2\viewer\configs\GeoportalSearch

   {
     "name": "CSW2 Geoportal2",
     "url": "http://servername:8080/geoportal2/csw?service=CSW&request=GetRecords",
     "type": "csw2",
     "profile": "CSW2_Geoportal1",
     "enabled": true,
     "useProxy": true
   },

• Update parameters to proper value.
  • url: url for the CSW 2.0.2 GetRecords request
  • type: The type should be "csw2" for CSW 2.0.2
  • enabled: If enabled, check box will be checked in the search drop down list by default
  • useProxy: It indicates whether the url will go through a proxy
  • profile: Use CSW2_Geoportal1 for as profile name for Esri Geoportal Server
  • disableContentType: Set the value to true to disable contentType in the header