Configure the Search Center portlet

Get an overview of how you configure the Search Center.

The Search Center is installed and ready to use in a default portal installation. It is available to authenticated users through the search box in the portal theme header action bar. Users can use the Search Center for basic searches.

You do not need to configure the Search Center.

The Search Center provides scopes for users to select different sources for the search. A search scope is a means of filtering the search request to a predefined set of content or content source. For search collections provided by Portal Search you can configure the search scopes in the two following ways:

You can configure additional scopes. For more information about search scopes and how to configure them refer to Manage search scopes and custom links.

If users use external search services to perform searches in different languages, refer to Use the Search Center with external search services with different languages.


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Administer Portal Search


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Manage search scopes and custom links
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