Search

Search for documents using the Search Center.

IBM WebSphere Portal provides the Search Center, which allows users to perform a search that returns documents from within Document Manager, as well as content that extends beyond the Document Manager boundary. To make a document library searchable through the WebSphere Portal Search Center, register the document library with the Search Center. Refer to the Including a document library in the Search Center topic.

Searches are initiated from a search bar and scope selector located in the portal banner. Search scopes allow users to define search area. Users can also customize search preferences. The Search Center provides the following functionality:

• Search scope
  • All Sources: searches all sources available to the user, including documents

  • Library Documents: searches across document libraries on the server

  • Managed Web Content: searches all pages managed by a registered WCM site

  • Customized scopes created by the Administrator

• Search results display: relevance, title, file size, description, path, owner, date

• Customized search result details

• Live Name active linking from document owner's name in search results

• Configurable user preferences

Accurate searching in Document Manager requires that you maintain the search index. Refer to the Maintaining the search index topic for more information. The search index will update itself to include new documents at certain intervals. The default minimum time between search index updates is 30 minutes.

For more information about using the Search Center, refer to the Directory Search topic. Information about techniques for optimizing search performance across the content repository can be found in the Database performance topic.

 

Parent Topic

Working with documents

 

Related tasks

Searching for documents
Including a document library in the Search Center

 

Related information

Portal Search
Database performance

 

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