Customizing the All Sources scope
Delete or replace the All Sources default scope.
About this task
All Sources scope is a special scope in portal. This
scope has a unique ID and it searches in all the search collections
that are accessible to the user, including collections from existing
local and remote search services. The All Sources scope can be deleted
or customized just like other search scopes. Three possible actions
can be done on the All Sources scope:
- Choose a different default scope
- Delete the All Sources scope
- Readd the All Sources scope
To change the default search scope from All Sources to
a different scope, reorder the scopes by using search administration:
- To open the Manage Search portlet, click the Administration menu icon. Then, click .
- Click Search Scopes.
- Move the scope that you want to be the default scope to the beginning of the scopes list by clicking the up-arrow icon next to the scope name. The first scope on the list becomes the default search scope.
Note: Users must clear their browser cache for the new scope
to be available and displayed in the correct position.
The All Sources scope is created by using a mechanism that is called out-of-the-box (OOB) scopes registration and it is stored as a property in the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console. Since the All Sources scope is added by using the OOB scopes registration mechanism, you must delete the All Sources scope by using both the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console and the search administration interface:
Procedure
Results
- In the navigation click .
- Make the appropriate selection, depending on your portal environment:
- In the Resource Environment Providers page,
select the appropriate node or cluster from the scopes drop-down list,
or uncheck the Show Scope selection drop-down check box and select
one of the following options, depending on your portal environment:
- If your portal is running as a single server, select Browse Nodes and select the node.
- If your portal is installed in a cluster, select Browse Clusters and select the portal cluster.
- In the Resource Environment Providers page,
select the appropriate node or cluster from the scopes drop-down list,
or uncheck the Show Scope selection drop-down check box and select
one of the following options, depending on your portal environment:
- Select the WP ScopeConfigService service.
- Click Custom Properties.
- Click New to create a new scope property.
- Name the new property All Sources. Enter this XML scope element as the
property
value:
<scope id="com.ibm.lotus.search.ALL_SOURCES"> <title xml:lang="en">All Sources</title> <description xml:lang="en">All Sources accessible by the user</description> <scopeProperty key="iconURI" value="/wps/images/icons/scope_search_all.gif"/> <scopeProperty key="isVisibletoAnonymousUser" value="true"/> <scopeElement></scopeElement> </scope>
Note: You can change the name, description, and icon for the new scope. To create a scope in a language other than English, change the xml:lang attribute to the required locale, such as de for German. - Click Save to save the new property.