Selecting datasource category
Choosing the appropriate type enables enhanced ranking. Please contact us if you
are unsure of how to categorize your datasource. If a datasource has multiple
objectTypes which belong to different categories (such as Zendesk articles and
Zendesk tickets), please set each category using objectDefinitions.docCategory
.
The category definitions below still apply.
KNOWLEDGE_HUB
Reference documentation that may be continually updated as a
source of truth, such as Github READMEs, Confluence documents, or ServiceNow
knowledge articles
PUBLISHED_CONTENT
Blog posts published at a point in time, such as Brightspot
posts or Confluence blog posts. Note that Confluence blog posts are different
from other Confluence documents, which should be classified as KNOWLEDGE_HUB.
COLLABORATIVE_CONTENT
Documents that can be edited collaboratively, such as
Google Drive, Dropbox, or Figma files
QUESTION_ANSWER
Question-answer content such as Stack Overflow posts
TICKETS
Work item or issue trackers such as Asana tasks, Jira tickets, or
Github issues
CODE_REPOSITORY
Source code repositories such as Github repositories
CHANGE_MANAGEMENT
Code change management systems such as pull or merge
requests on Github
EMAIL
Email content such as Gmail or Outlook messages
MESSAGING
Chat message or conversational content such as Slack or Discord
messages
CRM
Customer relationship management systems such as Sales Cloud
SSO
Single-sign-on services such as Azure SSO or GSuite SSO
ATS
Applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse
PEOPLE
This should not be used, please instead use the /bulkindexemployees API
to upload data about employees
EXTERNAL_SHORTCUT
This should not be used; please contact us for guidance
UNCATEGORIZED
This should not be used; please contact us for guidance