Custom Field as Title in Search Results

Question

OnPrem 2013. I'm looking for a way to use a Custom Field as the Title (clickable link) in results of search. I have dug across the Internet and found many things that got me close. Here is what I tried so far:

• Create Test Site, add custom field to DocLib as single line of text. Added docs and metadata.
• Created sub-site with Enterprise Search template.
• Created Results Set that only returns from DocLib. Tested... works.
• Created a new Managed Property and mapped to Crawled Property ows_CustomField. (even copied options from Title ManProp) Reindexed site, Incremental Crawl.
• Got into copy of Item_CommonItem_Body.html and added ManProp to mso:ManagedPropertyMapping.
• Modified line 20 (as called out in many online articles) and referenced my Managed Property. No Dice.

I am able to switch the Title to other ManagedPropertyMappings already called out in the mapping such as Path, EditorOWSUSER, and more, so I know I'm doing something close. I just don't know why it doesn't like my custom ManagedProp...

For the record, I also tried adding the mapping the ows_CustomField to the 'Title' ManProp, and move it to the top hoping it would take this as the 'first non empty value'. No Dice.

Simply put, these work:

• var title = Srch.U.getHighlightedProperty(id, ctx.CurrentItem, "Title");
• var title = Srch.U.getHighlightedProperty(id, ctx.CurrentItem, "Path");
• var title = Srch.U.getHighlightedProperty(id, ctx.CurrentItem, "DocId");

This does not:

• var title = Srch.U.getHighlightedProperty(id, ctx.CurrentItem, "CustomManProp");

Hoping someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks!

Answer 1

You need add that managed property in item not in commonitem file. Find what item you want to change (inspect item on search results and find for ex.

name="Item" data-displaytemplate="WebPageItem"

Then go to

YOURSITE/_layouts/15/manageresulttypes.aspx?level=sitecol

and create copy of that item. Add that CustomManProp and save file. Go again to

YOURSITE/_layouts/15/manageresulttypes.aspx?level=sitecol

and clik update in ribbon.

And that's it. :)

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EDIT

Default Word result type looks at Item_Word.html

Copy of word result type for ex. WordNew make it look at your Item_WordNEW.html

Edit Item_WordNEW.html and add your CustomManProp in <mso:ManagedPropertyMapping msdt:dt="string">'CustomManProp':'CustomManProp',...

You can call your property before _#=ctx.RenderBody(ctx)=#_ (RenderBody uses Item_CommonItem_Body.html to render)

<!--#_
    var customManProp = ctx.CurrentItem.CustomManProp;
_#-->
    _#=customManProp=#_
    _#=ctx.RenderBody(ctx)=#_

then go to YOURSITE/_layouts/15/manageresulttypes.aspx?level=sitecol and click update in yellow ribbon to view your custom managed property.