Using a Search Scope from Another Portal Site

In a shared-services environment, you can associate this portal site with the search scope of another portal site. Search results on the associated portal site will then include the contents of this portal site.

Perform the following procedure on the parent portal site.

Use a search scope from another portal site

1. On the Site Settings page for the parent portal site, in the Search Settings and Indexed Content section, click Use search scope from another portal site.
2. On the Associate Portal Site page, in the Associating Portal section, do one of the following:
   • If you do not want to associate this portal site with the search scope of another portal site, click Do not associate this portal.
   • If you want to associate this portal site with the search scope of another portal site, do the following:
     1. Click Associate this portal to the following portal.
     2. In the URL box, type the URL of the associated portal site.
3. Click OK.