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.
- Each individual search collection is available through its own scope and selection option in the scope pull-down menu.
- The search scope All Sources makes all search collections available for search. In other words, if a user selects the option All Sources selection option from the pull-down menu, the user's search will search all search collections that are available in the portal.
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.
Parent
Administer Portal Search
Related tasks
Manage search scopes and custom links
Hints and tips for using Portal Search