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We use the content search web part with a custom display template to show our documents throughout our intranet based on various criteria such as file type, language, Document Type (custom column) etc.

Now we have a request to display a column which contains the file's auto-generated Document ID. Furthermore this column should be clickable as well so the user gets re-directed to the file.

I am currently not able to figure out which property to use for this or if this requires a combination of maybe another custom column and a crawled property?

Any help is appreciated!

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First you have to ensure that the managed property is mapped correctly, as in this. As far as the link goes you can use a direct link, or cheat an reuse the default link 😉

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  • Thx for answering. The first part we already implemented. I can search by DocID and it works fine. When I add DocID to the custom Property Mappings of the Content Search Web part it shows me a completely different ID - also the ID isn't clickable :( I fail to see what the second link can help me here? Which property would it be? >>cheat and reuse the default link Hmmm I didn't get that either :( sorry
    – AM2FTW
    Aug 21, 2018 at 6:41
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    It sounds like DocID is not mapped correctly. Try to inspect the properties returned by the search using the Sharepoint search query tool, koskila.net/2017/03/13/…
    – Kasper Bo Larsen
    Aug 21, 2018 at 10:08
  • Thanks ... It seems the property I was looking for is "dlcDocIdOWSTEXT" for the ID itself and "dlcDocIdUrlOWSURLH" for the URL. Also Great tool .. wish SharePoint was easier to use though ;) Thanks!!
    – AM2FTW
    Aug 21, 2018 at 13:27
  • The SharePoint Search query tool should be bundled with any version of SharePoint 😀 Great that it solved your issue
    – Kasper Bo Larsen
    Aug 21, 2018 at 17:56

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