Search portlets


Overview

For Portlet Default status
Administrators Manage Search Installed and deployed
End users Search Center Installed and deployed
Search and Browse Installed, but not deployed
Suggested Links Not installed
External Search Results Not installed


Portal Search portlets are not compatible with WSRP

The Portal Search portlets cannot be provided as WSRP services, as some additional and more advanced WebSphere Portal concepts and features are not reflected by the current WSRP standard yet. This includes the Portal Search portlets Manage Search, Search and Browse, and the Search Center portlets.


Manage Search portlet

Manage Search has three sections:

You can use the Manage Search portlet to perform the following administrative tasks:

You might have to perform other administrative tasks such as preparing security, configuring remote search, configuring search in a portal cluster.


Search Center portlet

The Search Center portlet provides a central starting point to all searchable content sources made available to the Portal. Users can use the Search Center to search documents and content. The default search scope is All Sources. This searches through all search collections that are available to the user by the access permission rights. You can allow more focused searches by providing additional search scopes.

The Search Center portlet is installed as part of the default portal installation. Note that it is deployed and placed on a hidden portal page. The portal takes users to the Search Center when they enter a search using the portal Search Box. By default both the Search Center portlet and the Search box are available only to authenticated users, that is for users who have logged on with a user ID and password. Anonymous users, that is users who access the portal without logging in, cannot use the Search Center or the search box.


Search and Browse portlet

Portal users can use the Search and Browse portlet for more advanced searches. Each separate search collection requires a separate copy of the Search and Browse portlet. For users to be able to use this portlet, you have to make it available in the portal.

Information for users about how to use this portlet is provided by the portlet help.

Before portal users can use the Search and Browse portlet, perform the following tasks for preparation:


Search Center vs. Search and Browse

The Search Center portlet provides the starting point for basic search by users. Users can access it by the Search box. You can configure it to cover multiple search collections and to have scopes for more focused searches. When using the Search Center portlet, users can select scopes to focus their searches.

Use the Search and Browse portlet for more advanced searches. Refine searches by restricting to specific document types, or by searching in the document fields. Used to search one search collection.

  1. Create one copy of the portlet for each individual search collection
  2. Deploy it and configure it accordingly


Parent

Portal Search


Related tasks


Administer Portal Search
Manage search scopes and custom links
Enable anonymous users to search public pages of the portal
Customize the Search Center
Configure the Search and Browse portlet
Configure a Suggested Links portlet
Configure the External Search Results portlet
Hints and tips for using Portal Search

 


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