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# IDOL Output Engine

The IDOL output engine transforms records and then indexes documents into a Content component.

Configuration Parameter | Description
--- | ---
EventTrack | The track to use as the event track (for event output mode).
GssServiceName | The GSSAPI service name of the Content component.
IDOLDb | The database to index data into.
IDOLHost | The host name or IP address of the Content component to index data into.
IDOLParams | Additional index action parameters.
IDOLPort | The Content component ACI port.
Input | A comma-separated list of the tracks that you want to output.
Labels | A comma-separated list of labels (key/value pairs) to add to the output produced by Media Server.
Mode | The output mode, which specifies how to combine records into documents.
OutputInterval | The amount of video content represented by each document (when you use time output mode).
SavePostXML | Specifies whether to save the IDX files produced by the output engine to disk.
SavePreXML | Specifies whether to save records to disk, before they are transformed.
SSLConfig | The name of a section in the session configuration file that contains the SSL settings for communicating with the Content component.
Type | The type of output engine to use. Set this parameter to `IDOL`.
XMLOutputPath | The path and file name for the pre- and post-XML files.
XSLTemplate | The XSL template to apply to the output to transform it into an IDX file.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Media Server 26.1

Topic Title: IDOL Output Engine