The searchscope.txt file is used by Insight Connect to define the managed sites or document libraries utilized by your company. The searchscope file is used specifically:
When you open files.
When Where Used searches are performed.
With Life Cycle Assistant.
With Revision manager commands such as Delete from Library and Create Unmanaged Copy.
You should add entries to the searchscope.txt file for each managed site or document library at your company. The more specific you make your entries, the better performance you realize.
On a 64-bit system, the network path is added as a UNC path (\\ServerName\Site). To work with these network paths from Insight, it is necessary to add the DocLib URLs or site URLs to searchscope.txt . From these URLs in searchscope.txt, Insight prepares the list of document libraries and its corresponding sites to validate the browsed path as a valid SharPoint path.
Note:
When you browse to a the site URL which does not have document libraries, it is necessary to add the site URL to the searchscope.txt file.
When Insight is used in conjunction with Solid Edge, the default location for searchscope.txt is defined on the File Locations page of the Solid Edge Options dialog box.
You can also specify that Solid Edge and Insight Connect look for searchscope.txt in a different folder, including a folder on another machine on the network. To specify a different location, choose Solid Edge Options→File Locations, select Search Scope and then click Modify. You can then browse to the location where the SearchScope.txt file is located. This location is shared by Solid Edge and Insight Connect.
The Update SearchScope utility is automatically run if you select the check box I will use Insight on this system during installation of Solid Edge. If you need to run the utility after installation is completed, you can choose Start→Programs→Solid Edge ST6→Insight→Solid Edge Insight Update Searchscope.
If you need to run the utility after Solid Edge installation is completed, you can start the Solid Edge Insight Update Searchscope by choosing Start→Programs→Solid Edge ST6→Insight→Solid Edge Insight Update Searchscope.
If you install Insight Connect independently of Solid Edge, you can start the utility by choosing Start→Programs→Insight Connect ST6→Solid Edge Insight Update Searchscope. When you start the utility, the Update Searchscope dialog box is displayed so you can maintain the entries in the Searchscope list.
When you start the Solid Edge Insight Update Searchscope utility, you can add multiple URL entries into SearchScope.txt without starting the Solid Edge or Insight application. You can add links and test your access to them from the options on the Add or Remove Links dialog box. Additionally, you can create exception URLs in the list by preceding the URL with exception!. For example, you can exclude a site by typing exception!http://hsvnt315/obsolete. You can delete outdated or incorrect URLs from the list by selecting the existing link and clicking Remove.
While you are adding or removing links in Searchscope, you may want test your access to the URLs you specify. You can test access to existing URLs or those you add by clicking Test on the Add or Remove Links dialog box.