Customizing the Search Refinement Web Part in SPS2010
Josh NobleAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search
[email protected]@SurfRay
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Customizing the Search Refinement Web Part in SPS2010
Agenda• Web Part Functionality Review• Web Part Customizations
– Exposing Numbers – Adding a New Category– Adjusting the Accuracy Index and Metadata Threshold
• Adding a new Managed Property and Displaying Content Types
• Overview of these settings in Ontolica• Refinement Panel Limitations• Q&A www.surfray.com
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<Category Title="Result Type" Description="The file extension of the item" Type="Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.ManagedPropertyFilterGenerator" MetadataThreshold="5" NumberOfFiltersToDisplay="4" MaxNumberOfFilters="0" SortBy="Frequency" SortDirection="Descending" SortByForMoreFilters="Name" SortDirectionForMoreFilters="Ascending" ShowMoreLink="True" MappedProperty="FileExtension" MoreLinkText="show more" LessLinkText="show fewer“Show Counts=“Count”>
Refiner XML Review
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Irretrievable PropertiesAccountBestBetKeywordsCategoryNavigationUrlColleaguesContentsHiddenContentSourceContentTypeDocCommentsDocKeywordsDocSignatureDocSubjectEndDateExcludeFromSummaryExpirationTimeFollowAllAnchorHostingPartition
ModifiedBy
NLCodePageNotesOWS_URLPrivateColleaguesPurposeRankingWeightHighRankingWeightLowRankingWeightNameSiteIDSocialTagTextUrlSPSiteURLStartDateUrlDepthWikiCategory
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• Accuracy Index Limit of 500• Can’t have two refinement panels on one page for
audience targeting• Must show all or none of the managed columns
Resolve with either
Limitations
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2010
Benefits• Deep refiners with result counts• Quick Filters and Grouping• First-page and full document preview of search results and document libraries• Hit highlighting on document previews• Configurable Actions on Search Results• Audience targeting for all web parts and search suggestions• Customization without programming
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Search Center
Relevant Pages
Query Highlighting
Related Queries
Deep Refiners
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Q/A & Contact Details
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Josh NobleAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search
[email protected]@SurfRay
Our SharePoint Search Video Webinars:www.surfray.com – see the Resources tab
Mikael Svenson – Tech and Mehttp://techmikael.blogspot.com/
Michal Pisarek – SharePoint Analyst HQhttp://www.sharepointanalysthq.com/
MSDN – Detailed definitions of each XML attributehttp://
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625183.aspx
Additional Resources