Search Scopes in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing about search scopes in SharePoint 2010.|

In this article:

• Get all the search scopes
• Modify a search scope
• Delete a scope
• Get all the rule types of a particular scope
• Create a custom scope
• Create All content rule

Get all the search scopes:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";|
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);
foreach (Scope scope in scopes.GetSharedScopes())
{
Console.WriteLine(scope.Name);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}



Modify a search scope:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);
Scope scope = scopes.GetSharedScope("B");
scope.Name = "BNew";
scope.Description = "Modified scope";
scopes.Update();
}
}
}



Delete a scope:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);|
Scope scope = scopes.GetSharedScope("A");
scope.Delete();
}
}
}

Get all the rule types of a particular scope:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);
Scope scope = scopes.GetSharedScope("BNew");
foreach (ScopeRule rule in scope.Rules)
{
Console.WriteLine(rule.RuleType.ToString());
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}



Create a custom scope:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);
Scope newScope = scopes.AllScopes.Create("CustomScope", "Custom Scope", null, true, null, ScopeCompilationType.AlwaysCompile) scopes.Update();
}
}
}



Create All content rule:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration;

namespace SearchScopes
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string ssa = "Search Service Application";
SearchContext searchContext = SearchContext.GetContext(ssa);
Scopes scopes = new Scopes(searchContext);
Scope scope = scopes.GetSharedScope("BNew");
scope.Rules.CreateAllContentRule();
scope.Update();
}
}
}