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# Configure crawl settings

# Configure crawl settings for an Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated May 15, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 4 minutes to read  
Specify the agreement documents you want your Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector to crawl. Define inclusion or exclusion filters to dictate the types of content the crawl retrieves and feeds to AI Search for indexing.

## Before you begin

A connector administrator must have already created the Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector that you want to configure crawl settings for. To learn about this procedure, see [Create an Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/dwOm_knHImFSxRgWrF9tWg "Create an external content connector to retrieve searchable content and security principals from your Adobe Acrobat Sign source system.").

Role required: sn_ext_conn.xcc_admin

## About this task

This task is optional. By default, the Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector crawls all agreements from its specified source system and sends all documents to AI Search for indexing. Only perform this task if you want the connector to use inclusion or exclusion filters for the agreements to crawl when running content crawls.

Content is only retrieved from the source system if it passes all of your configured crawl setting filters. If any crawl setting filter excludes a
content item, the external content connector doesn't retrieve it.  
Important:  
By default, each external content connector can index up to one million (1,000,000) content items from its source system. When a connector exceeds this limit, it continues to crawl the source system,
but only sends content item deletions and updates to AI Search for indexing, ignoring new content items. The connector logs an error message for every 10,000 content items it crawls beyond the indexing limit.{#configure-crawl-settings-adobe-acrobat-sign-external-content-connector__store-app-external-content-connectors-indexing-limit-numeric-ph}

When a connector's indexed content item count exceeds 800,000, a warning message appears in the connector's UI to indicate that it's approaching the indexing
limit. If the connector reaches the indexing limit, an error message appears in its UI.

External content connectors that support user permissions crawls can handle permissions for up to five hundred thousand (500,000) users and their groups. If a connector retrieves
users in excess of this limit, user and group permissions may not be correctly applied to the connector's retrieved content. As a result, the content may not be searchable.

If one of your connectors reaches the content indexing limit, you can update its crawl
settings and file inclusion/exclusion filters to reduce the number of content items it retrieves. Alternatively, if you need a connector to index more than 1,000,000 content items, you can create a Customer Service and Support case at <https://support.servicenow.com/now> to request a limit increase for the connector.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllExternal Content ConnectorsExternal Content Admin Home. {#configure-crawl-settings-adobe-acrobat-sign-external-content-connector__navigate-ext-content-connectors-admin-home-step}
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2. In the Connectors list, select the record for the Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector whose settings you want to modify.
3. In the connector editor's Settings tab, select Crawl settings. {#configure-crawl-settings-adobe-acrobat-sign-external-content-connector__select-crawl-settings-step}
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4. In the Agreements section, select one of the following agreement creation date filter options:
   * To crawl only agreements created in the last year, select Created last year.
   * To crawl only agreements created in the last quarter, select Created last quarter.
   * To crawl only agreements created in the last month, select Created last month.
   * To crawl only agreements created in the last week, select Created last week.
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5. In the Agreements section, select one of the following status filter options:
   * To crawl agreements with all statuses from the source system, select Crawl all statuses.
   * To crawl only agreements with a specified set of statuses from the source system, select Include only these statuses, then use the Statuses to include field to enter
     statuses you want the connector to include when crawling.

     As an example, you might enter <kbd class="ph userinput">Approved</kbd> to only retrieve searchable content from agreements with this status.
   * To crawl agreements with all but a specified set of statuses from the source system, select Exclude only these statuses, then use the Statuses to exclude field enter
     statuses you want the connector to exclude when crawling.

     As an example, you might enter <kbd class="ph userinput">Cancelled</kbd> to exclude searchable content from agreements with this status.
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6. **Optional:** If you want AI Search to automatically generate captions for content in attachments and files retrieved by the connector, select the Multimodal captions option.  
   When you select this option, the Platform Multimodal Service automatically generates descriptive captions for images, tables, charts, and other visual elements found in retrieved attachments and files. You can discover these retrieved attachments and files by searching for terms from their generated captions.  
   This option is only available when the Platform Multimodal Service plugin is activated on your instance.
   * For details on activating the plugin, see [Activate the Platform Multimodal Service plugin](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Aps2A3ZsA_gtaZTILcqu2w "Enable automatic generation of searchable descriptive captions for images, tables, charts, and other visual elements found in indexed attachments.").
   * To learn how to select the VLM (visual learning model) provider and model used for the Platform Multimodal Service, see [Configure multimodal captioning for AI Search](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/nE2_exg8skwGj6J7f2cuwQ "Use the AI Search Admin console to select the visual language model (VLM) provider and model for multimodal captioning.").
7. Select Save and validate.
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## Result

The Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector is updated with your modified crawl settings.

## What to do next

To retrieve content from your Adobe Acrobat Sign source system using your modified crawl settings, create and run a one-time content crawl for your Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector. To learn about creating and running one-time content crawls, see [Create a content crawl for an external content connector](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/fFJ92ZYif96fkc2JA4HtyQ "Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your source system with a content crawl. Run the crawl as a one-time task or schedule it to run on a recurring basis.").

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