Clear-FASTSearchContentCollection

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Clears the content of a Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint content collection.

Syntax

Clear-FASTSearchContentCollection [-Name] <String> [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

This cmdlet deletes from the index all items that are associated with the specified collection without removing the collection.

Note

If you are crawling using the integrated indexing connectors (Content SSA), you should only run this command as part of the procedure as specified in https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff191228.aspx.

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
Name	Required	System.String	The name of the content collection to clear.
Confirm	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	Activates user prompting to confirm the operation. If set, prompting is activated. If Confirm is false (`-Confirm:$false`), you will not be prompted. In cases where Confirm is not specified, the cmdlet will prompt if the $ConfirmPreference shell variable is equal to or greater than the ConfirmImpact setting of the cmdlet (HIGH).
Force	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	Overrides any user prompting settings so the user is not asked to confirm the operation.
WhatIf	Optional	System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter	Displays a message that describes the effect of the command instead of executing the command. For more information, type the following command: get-help about_commonparameters

---------------EXAMPLE 1-----------------

Clear-FASTSearchContentCollection -Name newscollection

This example clears the content of the “newscollection” content collection.

---------------EXAMPLE 2-----------------

Clear-FASTSearchContentCollection -Name newscollection -Force

This example clears the content of the “newscollection” content collection. The user does not have to confirm the operation.