Integrating Elasticsearch with .NET Core Web API for Talent Management

Appendix G

Preface

This is another installment in our comprehensive series, Building a Talent Management SPA with Angular 17 and .NET Core 8. For a broader view of the series and to access other parts, you can refer back to the series’ table of contents, where each segment is meticulously organized to guide you through every stage of building a robust Talent Management SPA.

Introduction

Welcome to Appendix G of this blog series! We’ll be diving deep into integrating ElasticSearch into the demo Talent Management application.

In modern applications, efficient and quick access to data is crucial. Traditional relational databases like MSSQL, while excellent for structured data storage and complex queries, can become sluggish when dealing with large datasets or when the need arises for full-text search capabilities. This is especially true in talent management systems where we need to search across various fields and hierarchical structures such as Employees, Departments, and Positions.

The challenge is to provide a robust search mechanism that can handle these requirements efficiently, offering quick and relevant results to end-users.

The Solution: Elasticsearch Integration

Elasticsearch is a powerful, distributed search and analytics engine designed for horizontal…