About Mashup Builder feeds

The following table describes the various Feeds available in Mashup Builder Premium edition. The Mashup Builder edition only contains the Exalead CloudView Search and Exalead CloudView Data Model feeds.

See Also
Add a feed
Make parallel requests with feeds
Enrich hits with nested feeds
Synchronizing feeds on a page
Enable security on a Exalead CloudView Search feed
Table 1. Mashup Builder Premium Edition - Feeds

Category - Feeds

Description

CloudView Feeds

CloudView Data Model

This feed is linked to the data model defined in the Administration Console. Its search capabilities are therefore enhanced by the classes, semantic types, advanced processors, etc. used in the data model.

CloudView Search

This is the standard Exalead CloudView search feed.

It is independent from the data model defined in the Administration Console. It works for search on versions V5.x, V6.x and higher.

EXALEAD.com Search

This feed uses the NETVIBES.com engine.

You can only use it with an API key. Contact the NETVIBES’s Sales team to obtain this key.

Database Feeds

Advanced JDBC Query

This feed allows you to query a JDBC database directly.

You need to specify the following SQL queries:

  • One to retrieve results with both a LIMIT and an OFFSET clauses (for pagination).
  • One to retrieve the total number of results.
  • One to retrieve only one result (when a hit is opened directly via its URL).

Drupal Query

This feed allows you to query a drupal database (Opens Source CMS tool) directly.

JDBC Query

This feed allows you to query a JDBC database directly.

You need to specify a single SQL query to retrieve results.

External Feeds

FlickR Search

This feed uses the FlickR Search tool and API.

You can only use it with an API key. Go to flickr.com to obtain this key.

Google Search

This feed is no longer supported by Google.

RSS/Atom Feed

This feed calls an RSS or an Atom flow directly.

Note that it does not search for information, it simply displays it.

Twitter Search

This feed uses the Twitter search engine.

Feed Tools

Concat Feeds

This feed must gather one or more subfeeds (nested feeds).

It merges the hits of feeds based on their IDs. A comparison is performed and if:

  • IDs are equal, only one hit is displayed for the two feeds.
  • IDs are different, all hits are displayed.

Note: Concat feeds do not support synthesis. You cannot use this feed on widgets rendering synthesis, for example, the Pie Chart widget.

Joined Feed

This feed must gather one or more subfeeds (nested feeds).

It combines the hits of nested feeds based on a join key meta. A comparison is performed and if:

  • Keys are equal, only one hit is displayed for the two feeds.
  • Keys are different, all hits are displayed.