Patent ID: 8515963

Claim:
A method for indexing data using a network device that is operative to perform actions, comprising: receiving data from at least one of a plurality of data sources; determining at least initial configuration information based on a portion of the data, wherein the portion of the data is tagged; generating preview index data based on the tagged portion of the data and at least a portion of other configuration information; generating preview result data based on the preview index data; enabling iterative modification of the at least portion of the other configuration information until the at least portion of the other configuration information is accepted for subsequent use in indexing the data, wherein each modification of the at least portion of the other configuration information enables generation of new preview result data that is based on new preview index data that is based on the modified at least other portion of the other configuration information and the tagged portion of the data; and generating indexed data based on the accepted at least portion of the other configuration information and the received data.