Creating Content Source To Search Specific List\Library

Question

Is it possible to create a content source that searches a specific list\library, such as http://site.com/Documents/?  I've tried to create a Scope rule using the above url as a Web Address but receive the error "Attempted to perform an unathorized operation".  If i then create a scope in order to use Content Source as the option, using the same url as above, then it winds up searching the whole site and not just the Documents library.

Joe

Answer 1

Hi  Joe,

According to your description, my understanding is that you want to create a new content source for a special  document library in your SharePoint 2010.

For achieving your demand, you can refer to the blog:

http://www.bentedder.com/create-a-search-scope-for-a-sharepoint-2010-list-or-library/

Thanks,

Eric

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Answer 2

Eric,

Thanks for the link.  I was able to edit the scope and add the url at the Site Collection level but originally I was unable to do this within the Search Service Application due to the "Unathorized Operation" error message.  Once the Site Collection scope had finished updating I noticed that the Item Count was 0 so I viewed the Crawl Log and although the document library was crawled the only item returned was http://somesite.com/acmdocs/forms.   There are no Error Messages that indicate an issue with crawling that directory so I'm not sure why the files aren't being crawled.  Any ideas?

Joe