Step 1. Open the Aspire Admin UI.

Browse to the Aspire Admin UI. It is typically located at http://localhost:50505.

Step 2. Select the Seed Option from the Left-hand Menu

The “Seed” option, identified by a “seed” image , is located on the left side of the application, just above the “Workflows” option. Click on it to navigate to the “Seed” page.

Step 3. Specify Connection Description and Type

Once on the “Seed” page, click on the “+New” option to create a new Seed or select an existing one to modify it.

• Description: specify a description for the Seed. It is advised for it to be concise and meaningful.
  
• Type: select “Sharepoint-online” as the type for the Seed.

Step 4. Specify Seed Information

Once the type has been selected, you will be presented with the “Seed” section of the “Seed” page. A single parameter is required in this section:

• Site collection: site collection or subsite to be crawled. To crawl the root site, use “/”.

Step 5. Specify a Connector

The “Connector” section is located between the “Seed” section and the “Connection” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you must select a previously created SharePoint Online Connector for the Seed, from the Connector combo box.

Step 6. Specify a Connection

The “Connection” section is located between the “Connector” section and the “Workflows” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you must select a previously created SharePoint Online Connection for the Seed, from the Connection combo box.

Step 7. Specify Workflows (Optional)

The “Workflows” section is located between the “Connection” section and the “Tag” section of the “Seeds” page. Here, you can select previously created Workflows that apply to the seed. If no workflow is specified, a default workflow is assigned.

Step 8. Specify a Tag (Optional)

The “Tag” section is located between the “Workflows” section and the “Policies” section of the “Seeds” page. Here you can, if desired, specify a tag for seeds filtering.

Step 10. Specify Policies (Optional)

The “Policies” section is the last section, located right below the “Tag” section of the “Seeds” page:

• Throttle Policy: here, you can select a previously created Throttling Policy from the Throttle Policy combo box.
• Route Policy: here, you can select a previously created Routing Policy from the Route Policy combo box.
• Delete Policy: here, you can select a previously created Delete Policy from the Delete Policy combo box.

Step 11. Save the Seed

Click on the "Complete" button to save the new Seed (when updating, the button option will read "Save" instead of "Complete").

Step 12. Running the crawl

To run a crawl for the SharePoint Online Seed, click on the  button for the seed you want to run and select Full or Incremental Crawl. This will start the chosen crawl for your seed.