Starting and stopping the DRE

The Dynamic Reasoning Engine (DRE) starts automatically during the initial installation and configuration of Enterprise Portal.

StepsStarting the DRE

  1. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click the Services.

  3. When the Services dialog appears, scroll down the list and click Sybase Portal Search – Query Helper, then click Start.

  4. When the Status changes to “Started,” close the service window.

StepsStopping the DRE

  1. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel.

  2. Double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click Services.

  3. When the Services dialog appears, scroll down the list and click Sybase Portal Search – Query Helper, then click Stop.

  4. When the Status becomes blank, close the service window.

Once the DRE is running, you can use the DRE administration tool (Windows only) or the automatic indexing utility to index your database files and prepare them for searches. For information on the automatic indexing utility, see Appendix C, “Setting up Automatic Indexing and Search Functionality,” in the Enterprise Portal Developer’s Guide.