Excluding folders from the index

You can configure Perceptive Search to exclude certain files and folders from your index.

1. Start Perceptive Enterprise Search - Local Administration Console
2. Open the index you wish to modify. You can do this by either:
   • Selecting it from the My Index Catalog list
   • Select File > Open an Index from the menu and browse to the location where the index is stored
3. From the menu, select Index > Content Sources. The indexing rules for your index will be shown.
4. From the list on the left hand side, make sure File Rules is selected.
5. On the toolbar, click the New Rule button.
6. Browse to the folders that contain the documents you wish to exclude from the index and click Next.
7. Select the scope for the new folder. It can be one of :
• Exclude - All files in and under
  All files in the specified folder and its subfolders will be excluded from the index..
• Exclude - All files under but not in
  Exclude only the files in subfolders of the specified folder. Files stored directly in this folder may be indexed.
• Exclude - All files in but not under
  Exclude only the files stored in the specified folder. Subfolders may be indexed.

See Also

Creating a new file system index

Adding a folder to an existing index

File Indexing Wizard