03/09/2013

SharePoint 2010 Federated Search web part

Federated Search web part, Search Scope and Federated Location


  1. Create Search scope in Central Admin
    • Central Admin > Application Management > Manage Service Applications > Search Service Application > Scopes
    • New Scope
    • Set result page and rules to filter the search result, e.g. "YourUserProperty = 1", where YourUserProperty is a property or simply "contentclass = urn:content-class:SPSPeople"
  2. Create "Search Scopes" in Central Admin
    • Central Admin > Application Management > Manage Service Applications > Search Service Application > Manage Federated Locations
    • New Location
      • Set properties:
      • More Results Link Template: add an URL and a "*" after each search term when pressing the More Results link, e.g. "yourresultpage.aspx?k={searchTerms}*"
      • Query Template: add scope if preferred, e.g. {searchTerms} scope:YourScope
  3. Add "Federated Results" web part to the Site
    • Set "Federated Location" to a location created in Central Admin

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