Do Documents inherit from site property bag values?

Question

We're setting up multiple sites for each of our projects. We're using the Property bag to save information about the Project, like project status and such things.

We're then mapping those properties to managed properties so they can be indexed and the site can return them in search.

I'm wondering however, will I be able to query documents in my Search Center based on managed properties in the property bag?

So for example, if I have Project A and that title is a managed property. Inside that project site, there's a document library and file called Budget.

In Search Center, can I do a query for "Budget" then refine by "Project A"? Does the document inherit from the property bag?

Answer 1

The short answer is no. Though since you are using the Property Bag you are probably already using custom code. (Personally I would use a "Project Status" content Type in a list on the site. This way you don't need to mess with the property bag at all and it's easy to edit.)

Either way, you will need to execute a second query after retrieving the Project Site result and pass the URL Path of the desired site to further refine the search to only documents in that site.