Questions tagged [search]
The search platform that operates within SharePoint.
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SharePoint 2007 search - custom keyword search
I'm writing some code against the search API in SharePoint 2007, and am seeing some interesting behaviour. I'm using the KeywordQuery 'model' rather than FullTextSqlQuery, since this matches the ...
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How do I return similar results from a fulltextsqlquery search that are similar to what a keyword search provides?
I've set up the crawl to index pages based on rendered output, but now in the SELECT statement for the query, what column name can I use in the where clause?
By using a keyword search, I get results ...
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Is it possible in MOSS to have every newly created site collection only search within the site collection?
Is there a configuration setting or anything that could be done so that when a newly created site collection can only search within itself and nothing outside of that scope? All those site collections ...
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Performance tuning and Manage Farm-Level Search Settings
Below options are available under "Manage Farm-Level Search Settings" in Central Administration
Connection time (in seconds): 60
Request acknowledgement time (in seconds): 60
I would like to know ...
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What is the use of the search database and do we really need it?
The index will be kept on the Index Server, so why do we need a Search database and what is the point of it in SharePoint 2007? I would like to understand the basic concept of SharePoint Search.
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no-index attribute when crawling Oracle portal from SharePoint
We are trying to crawl an Oracle Portal from SharePoint 2007.
We are getting a no-index attribute error in the crawl log file.
Does anyone know why we are getting this error? Could it be a setting ...
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Crawling some external sites failed
I'm using Search Server Express + WSS 3.0. I wanna crawl external public web sites. One site is :
http://www.av.se/
When I try a full crawl it is throwing:
http://www.av.se
Access is denied. Check ...
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Using the Search API with SharePoint Foundation 2010 - 0 results
I am having trouble getting any search results to return using the search API in SharePoint 2010 Foundation.
Here are the steps I have taken so far.
The Service SharePoint Foundation Search v4 is ...
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Managed MetaData Columns in FASTSearch
I have a FAST Search site collection and, in results.aspx, I'm trying to configure the 'Refinement Panel' web part so it displays my custom taxonomy which I've created in Managed MetaData service. If ...
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SSP indexing /Pages/ and causing Access Denied search results
We have an SSP indexing our site using a read-only account to spider the content.
We have an issue that the SSP is indexing /pages/ without the name of an aspx. When returning search results this ...
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What is the best practice to implement search to index XML files?
In our SharePoint solution we need a service which can search and index XML files.
At this moment we are using FAST, but are there other tools / applications / solutions which are free and easy to ...
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What is the dependency of a Shared Service Provider on Search?
Or asked another way, if I manually stop the Office SharePoint Server Search server called OSearch in the Services Control Panel, what in my SSP would break?
The Technet Deployment guide states the ...
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"Search query unable to contact the Search web service" - in standard SharePoint search results
What could that message stem from? Any quick tips to diagnose?
Single server farm, remote SQL. IT guys in another location, I have no VPN for access to SCAW (Central Administration Web) .
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FullTextSqlQuery returning incorrect results
We are having usual behaviour with FullTextSqlQuery and wonder if anyone can help.
The following should return 3 records which represent 3 pages on the site with titles "Sample (test1)", "Sample (...
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Troubleshooting unexpected search results
It appears that there's at least one folder in one of our crawled network shares that's not getting indexed properly, as evidenced by searching for unique words known to be in PDF documents in that ...
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SharePoint Search Service is not working
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 with collaboration portal template on Windows Server 2008. When I use the following function from Central Administration from Application Management -> search -> ...
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QueryEx web services issue
I am using Microsoft Search Server 2008 (based on SharePoint Server 2007) + C# + .Net 3.5 + VSTS 2008 + ASP.Net to develop a web application which invokes Search Server 2008 Web Services when a button ...
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Publishing sites, search and the missing contentclass:STS_Site & STS_Web
This is an old issue I thought this was a bug in an specific environment after reading a couple of blogs it has made me think again...
The issue is that SharePoint site collections and sites are not ...
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Admin considerations for searching on WSS 3.0
I am using Network Solutions hosted SharePoint services (WSS 3.0) and the search function is not working.
When I contacted their support desk they said that this feature has been turned off because ...
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Is anyone using Network Solutions SharePoint product?
Network Solutions offer a hosted WSS 3.0 environment with a domain name so I thought this would be an ideal (cheap) entry to SharePoint, however, I am facing a lot of issues with it and the only ...
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Profile pictures work everywhere except People Search!
I'm stumped. Profile pictures are appearing correctly everywhere in SharePoint except People Search results. Here's how I tested:
I did a full AD import.
I edited my profile, including the PictureURL ...
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Connection Framework with .Net assembly connector
I am working on replacing our protocol handler with a Connection Framework component, so that SharePoint will crawl our data source. I think I understand the big picture, but I'm missing a lot of the ...
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Using the Search Paging Web Part
This is my first time working with the search components of SharePoint in much detail so any advice would be helpful here.
I have a custom search results page created to match our corporate intranet (...
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Search Results Show domain account and Masterpage in the summary fields
I have a internet publishing site using MOSS 2007 / SP1 / December updates.
In the search results, I get different pages using same layout/content type within the same sub site. In some pages the ...
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"Your search cannot be completed because of a service error" issue with "All content" scope
I have several search scopes set up in Search Administration, one of which is the default All Content scope which includes everything but items with a contentclass of SPSPeople. On my advanced search ...
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Restrict search to one field in a content type?
How can I restrict the SharePoint search to only search against one field for a content type.
I can create a scope for the content type but how do I go about restricting the search to just the one ...
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Search and Shared Service Provider (SSP)
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
I am new and learning Shared Service Provider (SSP), which is a new concept in SharePoint Server 2007. I am creating ...
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Access to HOSTS file denied by search service
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I met with strange SharePoint internal error when click some links on a web site. I have tried to use SPTraceView (...
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How to change SharePoint search page URL?
I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I am using publishing portal template.
By default, the search page is using results.aspx as the search result page. I ...
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Permission issue when editing a page using SharePoint Designer
I am using Search Server 2008 based on SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
I have tried the search function by using IE to access address http://<machinename>,...
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Having problems with SharePoint Server 2010 Search (not FAST)
We have a 2 server test 2010 environment (WFE, SQL). Both are x64 Server 2008. All prereq's installed and service packs.
SharePoint installed fine. All Service applications were created ...
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What's the best tool to use to convert scanned PDFs so they can be indexed in SharePoint?
I have a large amount of PDFs and I need to be able to search them in MOSS 2007. I am aware of the iFilter which is required, but it will not index scanned PDFs. What is the fastest way to handle this ...
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Search for specific Web Template in SharePoint Search
Is it possible to construct a SharePoint Search Query for a specific web type (site definition / web template id) in the same manner as for lists?
I can easily search for my custom lists using ...
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SharePoint Architecture - WFE in DMZ / Search Server in internal network
Can I have this configuration?
Corporate Network
Query Server/Index Server service running on the repository server ( I will install web server component on this machine also)
DMZ(Perimeter Network)...
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Search not returning any results for custom profile property
I've added a new property (lets call it CarReg) to our users profile. It's set as a 15 character string with multiple values allowed.
When you see the property in a profile it's a clickable link that ...
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Configuring FAST 2010 Beta for SharePoint
I've followed all the instructions and it seems to crawl OK etc but in my fast search center when i do a search I get the following error in the core search results Web Part:
Unable to display this ...
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How do I get the user profile from an e-mail address?
What is the best way to fetch the user profile from an e-mail address?
I have a site collection in which I have to get a hold of a MOSS UserProfile object and I only have the users e-mail address. ...
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How to solve the "Your search cannot be completed because of a service error" error in Search Center?
I'm getting this following error only when performing a search through the search center.
"Your search cannot be completed because of a service error. Try your search again or contact your ...
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Adding custom XSLT libraries for use in the Search Core Results web part
Out-of-the-box, the Search Core Results web part only supports XSLT 1.0. The last thing I read from Chris Lovett on the MS XML team is that Microsoft don't have plans for XSLT 2.0. This makes the ...
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Updating search scopes without waiting
When setting up a search scope, the UI says:
Ready after next update (starts in XY minutes)
Is there any way to make SharePoint 2007 process the search scope at my command?
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Get Search Results from second SharePoint Farm
I have two different SharePoint farms, one with tons of sites and lots content and one that is primarily a portal site. These farms are in the same Active Directory domain but in different data ...
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SharePoint Search: Exclude lists and listitems from search results
I'm very new to MOSS 2007 search and just started playing around with the configuration. At the moment the index contains nearly everything a site has to offer.
After testing the search on my ...
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