This section describes the Configuration for the AEM Connector Seeds and how to run a crawl for them.

Step 1. Open the Aspire Admin UI

Browse to the Aspire Admin UI. It is typically located at http://localhost:50505.

Step 2. Select the Seed Option from the Left-hand Menu

The “Seed” option, identified by a “seed” image , is located on the left side of the application, just above the “Workflows” option. Click on it to navigate to the “Seed” page.

Step 3. Specify Connection Description and Type

Once on the “Seed” page, click on the “+New” option to create a new Seed or select an existing one to modify it.

• Description: specify a description for the Seed. It is advised for it to be concise and meaningful.
  
• Type: select “Adobe Experience” as the type for the Seed.

Step 4. Specify Seed Information

Once the type has been selected, you will be presented with the “Seed” section of the “Seed” page. A single parameter is required in this section:

• Document Type:specify to either crawl Pages or Assets.
  • Path: path to the the page or asset to crawl. If left blank the crawl will begin at the server's root.
  • Process Roots: check to process the specified roots.
    
  • Fetch Content: check to fetch content from the pages or assets.
    
  • Crawl Details:  check to enable a JSON selector to retrieve additional metadata during the scan phase.
    • Details path: path to crawl pages or assets details.
    • Filter documents if data is not returned: check to filter documents if if no data is returned by the JSON selector.

Step 5. Specify a Connector

The “Connector” section is located between the “Seed” section and the “Connection” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you must select a previously created SharePoint Online Connector for the Seed, from the Connector combo box.

Step 6. Specify a Connection

The “Connection” section is located between the “Connector” section and the “Workflow” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you must select a previously created SharePoint Online Connection for the Seed, from the Connection combo box.

Step 7. Specify Workflows (Optional)

The “Workflows” section is located between the “Connection” section and the “Tag” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you can select previously created Workflows that apply to the seed. If no workflow is specified, a default workflow is assigned.

Step 8. Specify a Tag (Optional)

The “Tag” section is located between the “Workflows” section and the “Policies” section of the “Seeds” page. Here you can, if desired, specify a tag for seeds filtering.

Step 10. Specify Policies (Optional)

The “Policies” section is the last section, located right below the “Tag” section of the “Seeds” page:

• Throttle Policy: here, you can select a previously created Throttling Policy from the Throttle Policy combo box.
• Route Policy: here, you can select a previously created Routing Policy from the Route Policy combo box.
• Delete Policy: here, you can select a previously created Delete Policy from the Delete Policy combo box.

Step 11. Save the Seed

Click on the "Complete" button to save the new Seed (when updating, the button option will read "Save" instead of "Complete").

Step 12. Running the crawl

To run a crawl for the SharePoint Online Seed, click on the  button for the seed you want to run and select Full or Incremental Crawl. This will start the chosen crawl for your seed.