Exporting search web collections | HCL Digital Experience

Use the Manage Search portlet to export search web collections from a source portal. Before you export a collection, make sure that the user who is running the portal application process has write access to the target directory location.

Procedure

  1. To include the security information when you export the search collection, add the WS_KEY parameter to the search service that contains the source search collection that you want to export. Complete the following steps:
    1. To open the Manage Search portlet, click the Administration menu icon. Then, click Search Administration > Manage Search.
    2. Click Search Services.
    3. Click the Edit icon for the search service that contains the search collection that you want to export.
    4. In the Parameter key field, enter WS_KEY.
    5. In the New parameter value field, enter secret.
    6. Click Add Parameter.
    7. Click OK.
    Note: If you do not export the security information when you export a search collection, you must manually add the user name and password to each content source after you import the search collection into the target portal.
  2. Click Manage Search.
  3. Click Search Collections.
  4. Click the Import or Export Collection icon for the collection that you want to export.
  5. In the Specify Location field, enter the full directory path and XML file name to which you want to export the document collection and its data.
  6. Click Export.