SharePoint Foundation Search Schema Test

The Search feature of the Microsoft SharePoint server not only makes it possible to search through content, documents, and people within the SharePoint sites, but also through external sources such as Windows file shares, public Microsoft Exchange server folders, and standard web sites.

The Archival and Schema plugins are internal components of the Microsoft SharePoint server Search engine, typically responsible for processing the metadata of indexed documents. By monitoring these components, administrators can efficiently evaluate how well the Microsoft SharePoint server search feature is functioning, identify irregularities early, and fine-tune the Microsoft SharePoint server to ensure peak performance of the search engine.

This test monitors the performance of the SharePoint Foundation Search Schema and Alias Mapping Plugin, and enables an informed assessment of its processing ability.

Note:

This test will report metrics only if the Schema plugin of the Search engine is available on the target SharePoint server.

Target of the test : A Microsoft SharePoint Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results each for the ProfileImport and Portal_Content instances

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters	Description
Test period	This indicates how often should the test be executed.
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port at which the host server listens.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit
Documents processed by schema plugin	Indicates the number of documents that are processed by this schema plugin during the last measurement period.	Number
Properties processed by schema plugin	Indicates the number of properties that are processed by this schema plugin during the last measurement period.	Number
Aliases loaded	Indicates the number of aliases that have been currently loaded to this schema plugin.	Number
Aliases have been mapped	Indicates the total number of aliases that have been currently mapped to this schema plugin during the last measurement period.	Number
Aliases ignored as they are duplicates	Indicates the number of aliases that the schema currently ignored as they are duplicates during the last measurement period.	Number
Aliases refreshed from the database	Indicates the number of aliases that have been refreshed from the database during the last measurement period.	Number