Customize 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:

• Choose a different default scope
• Delete the All Sources scope
• Re-add the All Sources scope

To change the default search scope from All Sources to a different scope, reorder the scopes using search administration:

1. Navigate to...
   Administration > Search Administration > Manage Search

2. Click Search Scopes.

3. Move the scope to be the default scope to the beginning 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.

Users have to clear their browser cache for the new scope to be available and displayed in the correct 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 WAS admin console. Since the All Sources scope is added using the OOB scopes registration mechanism, delete the All Sources scope using both the WAS admin console and the search administration interface:

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

   1. Navigate to...
      Administration > Search Administration > Manage Search

   2. Click Search scopes.

   3. Delete the All Sources scope.

2. Remove the All Sources property from the WAS admin console:

   1. In the navigation click...
      Resources | Resources Environment | Resource Environment Providers

   2. Make the appropriate selection, depending on the version of WAS and the portal environment:

      • Select the appropriate node or cluster from the scopes pull-down list, or uncheck the Show Scope selection drop-down check box and select one of the following options, depending on the portal environment:

        • If the portal is running as a single server, select Browse Nodes and select the node.

        • If the portal is installed in a cluster, select Browse Clusters and select the portal cluster.

   3. Select the WP ScopeConfigService service.

   4. Click Custom Properties.

   5. Select the All Sources property and delete it.

We 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 WAS admin console. Once we 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 navigation click...
   Resources | Resources Environment | Resource Environment Providers

2. Make the appropriate selection, depending on the portal environment:

   • Select the appropriate node or cluster from the scopes pull-down list, or uncheck the Show Scope selection drop-down check box and select one of the following options, depending on the portal environment:

     • If the portal is running as a single server, select Browse Nodes and select the node.

     • If the portal is installed in a cluster, select Browse Clusters and select the portal cluster.

3. Select the WP ScopeConfigService service.

4. Click Custom Properties.

5. Click New to create a new scope property.

6. 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="/wps/images/icons/scope_search_all.gif"/>
   <scopeProperty key="isVisibletoAnonymousUser" value="true"/>
   <scopeElement></scopeElement>
   </scope>
   

   We 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 required locale, such as de for German.

7. Click Save to save the new property.

Parent: Customize the Search Center
Related:
Configure the External Search Results portlet
Configure suggested links
Manage search scopes and custom links