WebSphere Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1
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Customizing the All Sources scope

Delete or replace the All Sources default scope.

When the user clicks the Search Center pull-down list to select a scope, the first scope on the list is the default scope. By default, All Sources is set to be the default scope.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. There are three possible actions that can be performed on the All Sources scope:

To change the default search scope from All Scopes to a different scope, re-order the scopes using search administration:

  1. Navigate to the Manage Search portlet by clicking Launch > Administration > Search Administration > Manage Search.

  2. Click Search Scopes.

  3. Move the scope that you want to be the default scope up to the top 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 have to clear their browser cache for the new scope to be available and displayed in the right position.

The All Sources scope is created using a mechanism called out-of-the-box (OOB) scopes registration and it is stored as a property in the administrative console. Since the All Scopes scope is added using the OOB scopes registration mechanism, delete the All Scopes scope using both the administrative console and the search administration interface:

  1. Remove the All Sources scope from the scopes list using search administration:

    1. Navigate to the Manage Search portlet by clicking Launch > Administration > Search Administration > Manage Search.

    2. Click Search scopes.

    3. Delete the All Sources scope.

  2. Remove the All Sources property from the administrative console:

    1. In the administrative console for the server, click the plus sign next to Resources.

    2. Click Resource Environment Providers.

    3. In the Resource Environment Providers page, 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.

    4. Select the WP ScopeConfigService service.

    5. Click Custom Properties.

    6. Select the All Sources property and delete it.
You can re-add the All Sources scope only if this scope does not exist in the current scopes list. The All Sources scope is added using the administrative console. Once you add it using the console, it is automatically added to the Search Center scopes list. A service called ScopeConfigService is registered and the configured All Sources scope is added as custom property of this service. The scope is implemented based on a scope XML element.

  1. In the administrative console for the server, click the plus sign next to Resources.

  2. Click Resource Environment Providers.

  3. In the Resource Environment Providers page, select one of the following options, depending on your portal environment:

  4. Select the WP ScopeConfigService service.

  5. Click Custom Properties.

  6. Click New to create a new scope property.

  7. 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="images/icons/scope_search_all.gif"/>
<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 desired locale, such as de for German.

  8. Click Save to save the new property.
Parent topic: portlets, such as a searchlet or recommended links. The searchlet displays search results from third-party external search engines such as Yahoo and Google. Using the recommended links portlet, display search results from a collection of predefined links with predefined keywords. You can also configure the All Sources scope or replace it with a customized scope.">Customizing the Search Center Related tasks
Adding and configuring a searchlet Configuring and adding a recommended links portlet Managing search scopes and custom links
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