How to exclude a site for the Sharepoint Crawler?

Article Id: 159447

Status: Published

Updated On: 01-06-2014 23:10

Legacy Id: TECH218721

Products:

Data Loss Prevention Network Discover

Issue/Introduction:

If you need the Sharepoint Crawler to a exclude a site, you cannot use the absolute path in the Exclude Filter.

Resolution:

Let's say you have a site https://my-site/company.com/personal/site1 that you want to exclude, then in the Exclude Filter, you will need to put the following:

/personal/site1/*

/site1/*

Note: There is a 1024 character limit for this exclusion list.