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[edit] Narrowing the diagnostic: searchs results are incorrect wen call from communication sites [/edit]

I'm working with SharePoint Online and I'm facing an issue regarding search results.

I have two site collections. Let's say /sites/A and /sites/B

Using the Search Query Tool (2.8.3.0), I put this search : path:"https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/A

Running this query against /sites/A works. Same query against /sites/B does not.

However, (and it's puzzling me), the other direction works. Search for path:"https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/B works against the two collections.

What can explain this behavior?

If it matters, here's the higher picture : we have a site hub (which is /A in my case) and a bunch of sites collections (/B) joined to the hub. All of theses sites are modern team sites. The hub site is a communication site. Each site have a unique "metadata" item in a specific list. Then I want to search for these items using the modern search web parts from the hub site.

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  • Do you have any Search Settings, like query rules or others configurations that differ between the sites? You can export the config and compare to see.
    – Matthew McDermott
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 15:44
  • @MatthewMcDermott: as I said I'm testing from Search Query Tool. Unless i'm wrong the SQT doesn't use rules? That said, I don't have customization of rules
    – Steve B
    Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 16:03
  • I narrowed the diagnostic. The issue occurs on all communication sites, never on team sites. Observed on two different tenants
    – Steve B
    Commented Mar 29, 2019 at 13:43
  • I would just specify the tenant root or the tenant Enterprise Search Center /search/ for your API calls. Then you can control the outcome.
    – Matthew McDermott
    Commented Mar 29, 2019 at 17:17
  • @MatthewMcDermott: even if it works, I won't be able to solve my actual problem which is to use the modern search webparts. These components are executing the search onto the current site.
    – Steve B
    Commented Mar 31, 2019 at 21:24

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There is a setting, to change the search scope while searching on a modern site. But, this doesn't work trough the REST API it seems.

See also: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/Configure-modern-search-results-to-search-all-of-your/m-p/447334/highlight/false#M29047

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