How to search within a specific hubsite

Question

Using either Search Query tool or modern search WebParts (SPFx), is it possible to filter results from a specific hub site or site in a hub site ?

In the search query tool view all properties dialog, I don't see any managed property that suggest this is possible.

Steve B · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-08 11:14:03Z

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Ok, quite simply actually.

Thanks to this issue, I found that the DepartmentId corresponds to the hub site.

So, this KQL filters on the hub site :

DepartmentId:"{24af7e54-d2f9-422d-a44e-6a6d40077d50}"

or (no more working)

~~DepartmentId:"{Site.ID}"~~

or (credits to @Alberto)

DepartmentId:{{PageContext.hubSiteId}}

if from a web-part.

answered Sep 24 '19 at 8:47

Steve B

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I am trying to use the current site ID in my search query, but it doesnt work... any idea/suggestion? DepartmentId:{{Site.ID}} {searchTerms} – Alberto S. Jan 2 '20 at 16:02
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You have double {{ and }} .... is it a typo ? – Steve B Jan 7 '20 at 13:28
I tried with double {{ and single {, but never got it to work. Can you confirm that if I run such KQL sentence, it will perform the search filtering results by DepartmentId={current site ID} ( in order to perform searches from the central hubsite itself ). thanks – Alberto S. Jan 7 '20 at 13:59
I use this syntax without issue. Can you describe what happens ? No result ? erro r? – Steve B Jan 7 '20 at 14:00
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I confirm u that another workaround is to just use DepartmentId:{{PageContext.hubSiteId}}, it works as well :) – Alberto S. Jan 8 '20 at 10:23

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