How do I search a specific forum with GCS?

[Former Member]

Hi All

I have built a Google Custom search for SAP workflow related information. I am currently using the SDN home page as one of my sites to search but I want this restricted to just the Workflow forum. I also want to search for All threads not just for the default 90 days.

Any clues or pointers on what is the best way to achieve this? I had a look at this thread which refers to being "logged in", can some one clarify it further?

Regards

Ravi

Edited by: Ravi Dixit on Aug 6, 2009 11:25 AM

Edited by: Ravi Dixit on Aug 6, 2009 11:28 AM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Not sure about the logged in part, but within the SDN Workflow search you would be looking for these parameters:

&objID=f146

&dateRange=all

You can also toggle the output sort order using

&rankBy=10001 <-- Relevance

&rankBy=9 <-- Date

etc.

E.g.=> https://forums.sdn.sap.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=ravi&objID=f146&dateRange=all&numResults=15&rankB...

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks, JB!

I had tried that earlier and posted this when it didn't work. I gave it another try but still the same thing. There are no results from SDN when I include that as one of the sites to search.

Regards

Ravi

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I am searching the forums, https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/forums, with the "Workflow" keyword, this helps limit the results to workflow threads.

Thanks, JB!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

That way you would find any thread containing the text "workflow" regardless of the forum (including this one).

Does this not noticably affect the performance of your search?

Sounds to me like:

SELECT * FROM TADIR WHERE OBJNAME(4) = 'SAPM'.

Also, what happens if "workflow" is only used in the question text, and your real search term hit is in an answer post?

Just some thoughts,

Julius