Create a Scope to include multiple content sources or sites in FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

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To limits the results to specific content sources or sites in FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 you can create a Scope using PowerShell with FAST Query Language (FQL).

In this example we will creates a scope which include only three content sources.

  1. Verify that you have Farm Administrator permissions.
  2. On Microsoft SharePoint Server, open a SharePoint 2010 Management Shell:
    1. On the Start menu, click All Programs.
    2. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
    3. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
  3. At the command prompt, type the following command:

New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryScope -SearchApplication "Test Query SSA" -Name TestName -Description "Test Description" -DisplayInAdminUI 1 -ExtendedSearchFilter 'contentsource:or("ContentSource1", " ContentSource2"," ContentSource3")'

And you can also do the same with site url

'site:or("<ScopeSite1URL>", "<ScopeSite2URL>")'