I have created a list, and added a multi-line column to the list called "Description". When I search I would like the search to provide results from what is in the "Description" column. Currently my search results do not return anything related to what is in the "Description" column. I tired to see if I could index the column, but that is not available to do. Any help would be appreciated.
1 Answer
Unfortunately, the Multiple Lines of Text column cannot be Indexed!
Workaround
Try to create a column with a single line of text and mention the main keywords that already exists in the Multiple Lines of Text column
Unsupported Column Types for indexing
Multiple lines of text
Choice (multi-valued)
Calculated
Hyperlink or Picture
Custom Columns
Person or Group (multi-valued) (Lookup)
External data
Supported Column Types for indexing
Single line of text
Choice (single value)
Number
Currency
Date and Time
Person or Group (single value) (Lookup)
Managed Metadata (Lookup)
Yes/No
Lookup (Lookup)
answered Nov 21, 2018 at 18:22
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Thank you, this helps. Is there a way to pull out keywords from a multi-line column to add to a single line column without manually going through and doing that for every entry on a list?– RyanS27Commented Nov 26, 2018 at 13:34
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You can create a workflow/custom solution to loop for each item and update the newly created column, but in your case, the issue is How you let the custom solution to know which words should be the keywords!! Commented Nov 27, 2018 at 11:31