I have a document library in sharepoint online and I need to have the search results show any documents that have the searched keyword appear in the file name come up first in results, (i.e. if I have a document called "Test Document", and someone searched "Test" it should be one of the first results. I've been trying to get this to work using a query rule but nothing I do fixes this issue.
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What query are you using in your Query Rule? What have you tried? I would look at adding a content boost to XRank. It is easier than changing the ranking model. Update your questions and I'll dig around and test a sample. – Matthew McDermott Jun 22 '18 at 14:16
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@MatthewMcDermott I made it so there are no Query Conditions and then when building the query I sort by Rank and then I change ranking when Title matches keyword and promote it to top. Sorry if I'm not being more descriptive, it's my first time working with sharepoint. – Courtez Jun 22 '18 at 15:37
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Did that work for you? – Matthew McDermott Jun 23 '18 at 16:27
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Do you have anything like "Name:{SearchBoxQuery}" in your query? Content boost is powerful to prioritize certain results, but "Name:{SearchBoxQuery}" should get you there as a start. – YogaPanda Jun 25 '18 at 17:44
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Name and Title are actually 2 different managed properties – YogaPanda Jun 25 '18 at 17:45
Promote certain results (or the other two options listed): http://icansharepoint.com/3-simple-things-it-can-do-to-improve-sharepoint-search/ Promote Results will set certain keywords to show certain documents first.
Make sure your users know how to properly search for information; it's not 100% like googling: http://icansharepoint.com/infographic-search-sharepoint/ and more on searching: http://icansharepoint.com/how-to-improve-your-sharepoint-search-results/
