diff --git a/manager/searcher/searcher.go b/manager/searcher/searcher.go
index c7b59dab3..a4e0cd2cb 100644
--- a/manager/searcher/searcher.go
+++ b/manager/searcher/searcher.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func (s *searcher) FindSchedulerCluster(ctx context.Context, schedulerClusters [
 		for _, cluster := range clusters {
 			var scopes Scopes
 			if err := mapstructure.Decode(cluster.Scopes, &scopes); err != nil {
+				logger.Infof("cluster %s decode scopes failed: %v", cluster.Name, err)
 				// Scopes parse failed to skip this evaluation
 				continue
 			}
@@ -162,10 +163,24 @@ func Evaluate(conditions map[string]string, scopes Scopes) float64 {
 
 // calculateIDCAffinityScore 0.0~1.0 larger and better
 func calculateIDCAffinityScore(dst, src string) float64 {
-	if dst != "" && src != "" && strings.Compare(dst, src) == 0 {
+	if dst == "" || src == "" {
+		return minScore
+	}
+
+	if strings.Compare(dst, src) == 0 {
 		return maxScore
 	}
 
+	// Dst has only one element, src has multiple elements separated by "|".
+	// When dst element matches one of the multiple elements of src,
+	// it gets the max score of idc.
+	srcElements := strings.Split(src, "|")
+	for _, srcElement := range srcElements {
+		if strings.Compare(dst, srcElement) == 0 {
+			return maxScore
+		}
+	}
+
 	return minScore
 }
 
diff --git a/manager/searcher/searcher_test.go b/manager/searcher/searcher_test.go
index 2e02b2f06..34af2c377 100644
--- a/manager/searcher/searcher_test.go
+++ b/manager/searcher/searcher_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"location": []string{"location-1"},
+						"location": "location-1",
 					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"idc": []string{"idc-1"},
+						"idc": "idc|idc-1",
 					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					Name: "bar",
+					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"idc": "idc-2|idc-3",
+					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
 							HostName: "bar",
@@ -168,10 +171,10 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			conditions: map[string]string{"idc": "idc-1"},
+			conditions: map[string]string{"idc": "idc-2"},
 			expect: func(t *testing.T, data model.SchedulerCluster, err error) {
 				assert := assert.New(t)
-				assert.Equal(data.Name, "foo")
+				assert.Equal(data.Name, "bar")
 				assert.NoError(err)
 			},
 		},
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"net_topology": []string{"net-topology-1"},
+						"net_topology": "net-topology-1",
 					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
@@ -213,8 +216,8 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"location": []string{"location-1"},
-						"idc":      []string{"idc-1"},
+						"location": "location-1|location-2",
+						"idc":      "idc-1|idc-2",
 					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"location": []string{"location-1"},
+						"location": "location-1",
 					},
 					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
 						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"idc": []string{"idc-1"},
+						"idc": "idc-1",
 					},
 					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
 						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
@@ -328,13 +331,13 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "match according to all conditions",
+			name: "match according to security_domain, idc and location conditions",
 			schedulerClusters: []model.SchedulerCluster{
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
-						"idc":      []string{"idc-1"},
-						"location": []string{"location-1"},
+						"idc":      "idc-1",
+						"location": "location-1",
 					},
 					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
 						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
@@ -352,6 +355,17 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				{
 					Name: "bar",
+					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"idc":      "idc-2",
+						"location": "location-1",
+					},
+					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
+						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
+							{
+								Domain: "domain-1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
 					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
 						{
 							HostName: "bar",
@@ -362,8 +376,8 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			conditions: map[string]string{
 				"security_domain": "domain-1",
-				"idc":             "idc-1",
-				"location":        "location-1",
+				"idc":             "idc-1|idc-2",
+				"location":        "location-1|location-2",
 			},
 			expect: func(t *testing.T, data model.SchedulerCluster, err error) {
 				assert := assert.New(t)
@@ -371,6 +385,61 @@ func TestSchedulerCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.NoError(err)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "match according to all conditions",
+			schedulerClusters: []model.SchedulerCluster{
+				{
+					Name: "foo",
+					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"idc":      "idc-1",
+						"location": "location-2",
+					},
+					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
+						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
+							{
+								Domain: "domain-1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
+						{
+							HostName: "foo",
+							State:    "active",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name: "bar",
+					Scopes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"idc":      "idc-1",
+						"location": "location-1",
+					},
+					SecurityGroup: model.SecurityGroup{
+						SecurityRules: []model.SecurityRule{
+							{
+								Domain: "domain-1",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					Schedulers: []model.Scheduler{
+						{
+							HostName: "bar",
+							State:    "active",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			conditions: map[string]string{
+				"security_domain": "domain-1",
+				"idc":             "idc-1|idc-2",
+				"location":        "location-1|location-2",
+			},
+			expect: func(t *testing.T, data model.SchedulerCluster, err error) {
+				assert := assert.New(t)
+				assert.Equal(data.Name, "bar")
+				assert.NoError(err)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {