Questions tagged [search]
The search platform that operates within SharePoint.
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PnP Modern Search - search only a list
I recently installed PnP Modern Search 4.0 for a SharePoint Teams site.
Out of the box, it seems like it's searching every file in every SharePoint site in my organization. I want it to only search a ...
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SharePoint Online search result is different on filename search with and without asterisk wild character
I have two files, BTWaste.RN_SpecSheet.pdf and BTWasteCI.RN_SpecSheet.pdf, which are on same library, same folder and upload at the same time. I use "filename: btwaste" and "filename: ...
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How to change the position of search box in SharePoint Online?
I have an existing site where its menu showing on left navigation with search box. Here I want to keep the menu bar on the left side but search box on top of the page as below:
In above screenshot ...
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I want to search text in pages using OOTB search function for SPO modern UI
My modern SharePoint Online site has many pages and I want to display the text in those pages in the search results.(The search is OOTB search in the SPO header.)
Is it possible to customize this OOTB ...
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SharePoint online Date range search for large document libraries
I have a document library on SharePoint Online, which has 35,000 documents in it. One of the metadata columns is a date column, and I'd like to be able to search for documents that fall between two ...
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Search list (Find an item) SP 2016
Tell me if there is any rule in the Search that can be used when finding all elements that match the value expression, i.e. if you wrote the word "Test", then the list item "Test1",...
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CSOM SharePoint Search API filter files only
Using CSOM Search API is there a way to filter for only files? Something similar to the following ListItem filter would be ideal:
ListItem.FileSystemObjectType.Equals(FileSystemObjectType.File)
Ex ...
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SharePoint Online - Search API call using filters
I am trying to call SharePoint search API through JavaScript but cannot get it working.
I need to get all documents in a SharePoint site where Title='Test'. I am using SharePoint online.
Can someone ...
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SP 2019 Search: Auto managed properties disappear
I've a problem with our SharePoint 2019. We have a site collection with only site collection fields.
When I run the first full crawl, all our fields are appearing in crawled properties and also the ...
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Need to display document title in search results
I am using out of the box search to display policies in a document library. The documents I received are all marked using the policy number as the name field and the title in the title field. By ...
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How to display entries that I've searched for in a more appealing way
When I search for data in a list using the search box, if I select a specific entry from the suggestions given in the dropdown menu, it takes me to a version of the new item form but with the data ...
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Search REST api - limit items returned to ones first published in last 6 months
I'm using search REST to get news posts from multiple sites. Is there a way to filter/limit items to just those first published in the last 6 months - similar to the way we can use "greater than ...
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2013 SharePoint searchresultslayoutpage error
recently user complained of this error when using our myhub / personal sites search function.
The base type 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Internal.UI.SearchResultsLayoutPage' is not allowed for this ...
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How to implement search in SharePoint Online between the multiple site collection?
I have have multiple site collection in SharePoint online. And I want to search the documents across all the site collections. And searching should work up to subsites as well across all the site ...
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Programmatically search for a string inside of an Excel macro
I need to programmatically search SharePoint for a specific Excel macro. I did some testing, and this text does not appear to be indexed. I'm not certain how to script this.
Generally, is it possible ...
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SharePoint custom search using list
I want the search bar at the top of all the pages of my SharePoint site to search a particular list. The list is designed just for this. Below is a mock example of what I'm trying to do.
ResultName
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Preventing search results appearing from new Line of Business Content Source
I created a new Content Source in the SSA for a Line of Business DB that's connected via BCS. This works perfectly and I can scope my search result queries to just this new Content Source by adding ...
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Export the search results in to CSV in SharePoint Online
I am trying to do an export of Search results within SharePoint Online to CSV without PowerShell. I am using a Modern PnP SharePoint Search Webpart. When the user searches for a keyword, it will ...
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Is there any effect on modern SharePoint search, if we make a modern SP site as home site?
I want to make a modern SharePoint site as home site, would like to know is there any effect on modern SharePoint search if we do so?
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How to call a JavaScript inline of Item display template?
I am editing an Item Display Template (for a content search web part) on SP2016 enterprise.
In the display template (Item_LargePicture.html), I inserted a JavaScript function to randomly return a ...
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Search other website content in Main Sharepoint page
I work on SharePoint Server 2016 On-premises version. Is it possible to search other website content from the main SharePoint site. The other website can be both SharePoint and non-SharePoint websites....
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w3wp.exe Search QueryProcessing All query processing components are in 'Failed' status
Thanks to Corona, the cheapest worker and absolute Sharepoint newbie can now get angry with a customer problem. I am grateful for absolutely ANY help.
Unfortunately, I'm slowly really desperate. For ...
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2013 list search (aka-Find an Item) isn't working
The Find an Item search box isn't producing results when I enter criteria for it to search.
Is there a way to enter ID numbers to search by ID?
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Microsoft 365 modern search : how to go beyond full text search
In SharePoint classic, I used to configure a global serach center, with refiners on columns added in pages or documents libraries. Please may you give me information of how to perform this kind of ...
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Can modern Sharepoint use api's to get data from external sites like Crowdicity?
I built a SP site back in "classic" days that pulled in content from Google books using a mix of Google api calls, content query web parts and calculated columns. Is it possible to replicate ...
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How to search on site content page with operators?
Within my SharePoint Online site, I see how cool it is to search for document with operators, such as...
Red NOT White
It will pull up my assets that have Red, but leave out any that also include ...
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Document Preview in SharePoint online Classic Search Results
I have a site that has SharePoint online classic search to search for documents
The results usually contains docx, pdf and other file types
I have the preview enabled in the display templates and it ...
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Preventing etag from being searched in a list search
A SharePoint list structure:
Title
AAA
BBB
Title is searchable, queryable, retrievable (default configuration in search schema).
In the Search this list box, I type AA* and then enter
Results
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Configure SharePoint Search to Look into Video Transcripts
We are looking to make SharePoint the "go to" place for finding any content within the company.
Such content would include video files and, especially - transcripts.
Microsoft Stream does ...
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Can we use Microsoft Search Connectors as a result source for Classic search
Is it possible to use connectors as one of the result sources in SharePoint online?
We create a new connector and we are able to configure that as a result source for Microsoft Search(modern search ...
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PnP modern search: syntax to use a page property in query
Wondering if you can use a page property rather than a managed property to filter search results in modern search web parts. Normally I'd use managed properties but either due to a bug or a limitation,...
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search post request with single quote in metadata field
I'm a bit confused using the SharePoint 2013 search API. I have a managed property "owsBeslissingsOrgaan", which is basicly a metadata field. For this property, we enabled "Complete ...
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How do you specify a site in a KQL SharePoint search
In SharePoint Online I sometimes want to perform searches across multiple sites in our work's SP farm. I can search across all sites, but that often gives too many responses. I want to restrict the ...
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Search has encountered a problem that prevents results from being returned after Microsoft Windows (KB5001078) update
This Tuesday (30.03.2021) we have installed the Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5001078) on the SharePoint 2016 server, after that the SharePoint search has stopped working, getting this ...
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Search Query to Exclude Group
I have a search query that I found off the internet that I want to modify. This code snippet below returns me all the SharePoint lists I currently have access to.
(contentclass:STS_Site OR ...
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Filter a document library from a list
I have a list and a document library that I'd like to link.
I would love to be able to have a link in the list that would search the document library based on a specific field.
Example:
The list ...
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SharePoint 2016 - Search Service Application: Error while upgrade SP2013 Search Admin Database to SP2016
We are upgrading SharePoint 2013 site to SharePoint 2016 via the database attach approach, All things went good but during the Search Service Admin Database upgrades to SharePoint 2016 we are getting ...
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Can I make a Document Library that has a lookup to another list item searchable in that list?
If you attach a file in a listitem, that file content is searchable within the list (assuming it has text content).
I wanted to achieve that same but using a separated Document Library related to ...
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Search not working in SharePoint 2019
Good afternoon,
We use SharePoint to store our important docs.
One of my users contacted me complaining that his searches were not working.
I thought that I may have an issue with crawling so I went ...
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Disable the suggestions in Search box for SharePoint Online
Is there a way to turn off suggestion in search box?
Right now it is suggesting folder and documents but I don't want it to show me those suggestion.
I went on my admin center -->search--> ...
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SharePoint Online out of the box search box is showing modified date in English US format (MM/DD/YYYY) rather than (DD/MM/YYY)
SharePoint Online out-of-the-box search box is showing date in English US format (MM/DD/YYYY) rather than English UK format (DD/MM/YYYY).
I have checked the site's regional setting and it says English ...
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Search result web part - formatting dates to days
I am using the SharePoint search Results web part which uses Handlebars JS.
I have two dates in these variables:
{getDate EventDateOWSDATE}
{getDate EndDateOWSDATE}}
I need to check if the 2 dates are ...
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How to truncate string inside modern search template handlebars
I am using the SharePoint modern search results web part.
I am trying to truncate the Description variable so it only shows 50 characters.
{{Description.substring(0, 50)}}
{{Description.slice(0, 50)}}
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SiteClosed=true property only visible on STS_Site object within SharePoint Search
I'm searching for a way to create a result source (SharePoint Search) where documents are only returned when the parameter SiteClosed=True. But at this moment the results that come back are STS_Site ...
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how to track user search activity on website in sharepoint online
I am owner of shrepoint website and i have implemented modern search using pnp modern search plugin
Now i have requirement, i have to store what user has searched for in a list (need to store search ...
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SharePoint 2019 incremental crawl always indexes all documents
We migrated a SharePoint 2010 with about 30 site collections, each in it's own content database, to a newly setup SharePoint 2019.
We played around with some sets of content sources to only index old ...
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Cleanup SharePoint online managed and crawled properties
I think I made a mess of my SharePoint search schema with too many properties with similar names. Is there a way to clean the sharepoint managed and crawled properties as if it was a new tenant? I don'...
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Search results unreliable
I have setup a content type that everything in a library has assigned to it. I then created a result source that only includes that type.
Then, I mapped crawled properties, in this case, columns in ...
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Is there a way to use refiners to call a “standard” search result page from a custom query?
Semi-novice here. When one sees people using FilterField1 and FilterValue1, they are executing a query against a library, with the user seeing the results in the standard library view.
Is there a ...
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Specific list search does not work, search works fine on rest of site
Using a SharePoint 2016 on-premise solution.
We have a List who's results do not appear in search...either the search bar on top of the list or the global search. All other content of the SharePoint ...
