Search Anomalies

[#1]

Hi Folks, 

Forgive me if this is brief in detail, but as is often the case, I have inherited a project I know very little about.  
My organization is in the process of moving a help system for an enterprise level proprietary computer system from RoboHelp Classic to RoboHelp 2019.
The content and structure of the help topics is virtually identical in both systems. However searching is producing markedly different results. 
In the old system (RoboHelp Classic), I can search for a help entry by title and it is the first item returned. When I perform the exact same search in RoboHelp 2019, the results are wildly different, and not at all helpful, and almost never contain the entry that I searched for. 

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this an indexing issue? Or are there search settings in RH 2019 that I need to tweak? Any assistance would be appreciated as I am stumbling around in the dark at the moment.
Thanks, 
Steve

[#2]

Hi Folks, 

Forgive me if this is brief in detail, but as is often the case, I have inherited a project I know very little about.  
My organization is in the process of moving a help system for an enterprise level proprietary computer system from RoboHelp Classic to RoboHelp 2019.
The content and structure of the help topics is virtually identical in both systems. However searching is producing markedly different results. 
In the old system (RoboHelp Classic), I can search for a help entry by title and it is the first item returned. When I perform the exact same search in RoboHelp 2019, the results are wildly different, and not at all helpful, and almost never contain the entry that I searched for. 

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this an indexing issue? Or are there search settings in RH 2019 that I need to tweak? Any assistance would be appreciated as I am stumbling around in the dark at the moment.
Thanks, 
Steve

[#3]

I assume you mean 2019 New UI.

I just tried the RoboHelp Reimagined sample project using the frameless Orange skin and the responsive Azure Blue skin. As soon as I typed "bit" the predictive search gave me Bits and Pieces and if I ignored that and just pressed Enter, I got the correct result.

When I first saw your post I was surprised as by now someone else would have reported this. Then it occurred to me I wonder if you are aware of the difference in how the output content is created.

• In Classic you had to specifically exclude topics from a build.
• In 2019 you have to specifically include topics.

Is it possible the topic you are searching for is not getting generated? Check in the output folder.

If it is not there, look in the RoboHelp Reimagined sample project where this is all explained. Basically you have to include everything in the TOC. For items you don't want the user to see in the TOC but do want in the build, you tick the Hide in Output check box.

Let us know if that is the answer. If not we'll dig deeper.

[#4]

Thanks for the reply Peter, I do not think this is the issue, I have been assured the topics are getting generated. 

Perhaps rather than trying to describe the problem with my limited understanding it would be easier to show it. Note the differing results in the links below when searching the string of text "Court-Ordered Obligations" (without the quotations)

This is the old system with the desired search functionality:

https://staging.pdp.albany.edu/RoboHelp/CCFS/CCFS_LR/newproject.htm

And this is the newer one where the searches are not returned as desired:

http://robohelp.pdp.albany.edu/CCFS-LR/index.htm#t=Overview_of_CCFS_CCFS2.htm  

Though in both cases the same help entry exists (You could navigate to it through the Table o Contents by following the path Home > Safety Assessments > Interviewer: Respond to a Safety Assessment > Enter Interview Results > Court-Ordered Obligations

Does this help clarify the problem?

[#5]

I'll look in the morning but try this meantime. In one topic enter a term such as redzebra in the title of one topic and in the body of another. Generate and see what happens in the search.

[#6]

I thought you were saying the topic was not returned. It is in the results I got albeit not the first topic, which, like you, I would expect.

Is the issue you not finding it or the priority? Do you have Update 12 applied?

[#7]

Right, apologies if I was unclear.  We ideally want results that are returned in the same priority as the older version, as that is the search behavior users are familiar with/expecting, and we are not certain what is causing the difference search priority in the new version of RoboHelp.