Content that is stored outside the portal site and that is not included in the search scope is returned in the search results in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (890758)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

SYMPTOMS

You create a search scope that includes only portal site content in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. That is, the search scope does not include content that is stored outside the portal site. When you search for content in your portal site by using that search scope, content that is stored outside the portal site is returned in the search results.

CAUSE

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • The search scope includes the Keywords area of the top-level Home area.
  • One or more keyword Best Bet entries are associated with content that is stored outside the portal site.
By default, SharePoint Portal Server 2003 indexes a keyword Best Bet entry and the content that is associated with the keyword Best Bet entry as one document. Content that is associated with a keyword Best Bet is listed in the search results, even though that content is not included in the search scope.

RESOLUTION

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated December 4, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

890732 Description of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 4, 2004

This hotfix applies to new portal sites that you create in your server farm deployment of SharePoint Portal Server 2003. After you install this hotfix, the indexing component in SharePoint Portal Server 2003 detects the urn:schemas-microsoft-com:publishing:HomeBestBetKeywords property. If a document contains this property, the document and its properties are crawled but are not included in the index. Additionally, only exact matches to keywords and to synonyms of keywords are returned in the search results.

To apply this hotfix to existing portal sites on the server farm, you must run the Spsupdatepq.exe command-line tool. Run the tool one time on a front-end Web server in each server farm. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Microsoft Windows Explorer on a front-end Web server in your server farm, and then copy the Spsupdatepq.exe file that you extracted from the hotfix package to the following folder:

    Drive:\Program Files\SharePoint Portal Server\Bin

  2. Double-click Spsupdatepq.exe.
Notes
  • Run the Spsupdatepq.exe command-line tool to apply this hotfix to existing portal sites on the server farm. You do not have to run the tool for new portal sites that you create on the server farm.
  • If you customized the Search Results Web Part, some of the custom settings may not be retained after you run the Spsupdatepq.exe command-line tool. You may have to customize the Search Results Web Part again after you run the tool.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to work with search scopes and keywords in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, see the "Manage Search Settings" topic in the "Administration" section of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the root directory of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 CD.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
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