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SharePoint Search Results - Allow "Move" and "Copy" from search results
When searching for a document/folder, if you find it, you cannot Move/Copy it. You have to manually navigate to the exact document library path location to use the “Move/Copy” features.
Please help improve this.38 votes -
Pages created using custom Page Layout don't get indexed
Pages created using a page layout (layouts created via the Design Manager, no additional custom code, only what was provisioned by the tool), don't get indexed and therefore aren't searchable.
Pages that can't be searched become pretty useless as users aren't able to find them and they can't be displayed in any search-based web parts.
This issue has been known for over two years now - please fix it asap.36 votes -
Support the suffix matching in the search result
give the possibility by default to search result for suffix matching.
For example to receive result for "SharePoint" i could write "Share"
or "Point" and automatically the search will consider the search key as "Share" or "Point".36 votesthinking about it ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thank you for your feedback! We don’t support prefix search. There are upsides and downsides with doing suffix search by default. It’s a question of what’s best for most people. We’re taking your feedback into consideration.
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Partial word search by default (no requirement for wildcard)
I worked with Microsoft support to create a new search scope that included the wildcard for every entry at the top level site. We applied this template as the default and it works when searching at the top level site. However, it does not apply when searching within a Document library that resides at the same level as the parent. Ultimately, we do not want to require a wildcard for every partial search. If someone wants to find instructions in our library for GoToMeeting they should be able to find it by simply entering Goto.
34 votesthinking about it ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thank you for your feedback! There are upsides and downsides with doing partial word search by default. It’s a question of what’s best for most people. We’re taking your feedback into consideration.
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enable searching within doc libraries and folders
I would like to be able to narrow my search to a specific document library or folder so that the search returns results only from the doc library or folder and any folders or subfolders below them.
34 votestell us more ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thanks for your feedback! We’d like to understand better. Are you thinking of searching from a site, or from a document library?
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Add 'Show properties' link in all default display templates in the search
On the search results page, add 'show properties' link under each result by default.
33 votes -
[Modern Sites] Search within Document Library should search recursively
When a users search from a Document Library only the current level will be search. This should include documents from the subfolder too, or the ability to search down the tree.
28 votes -
Enable "Mapping to crawled properties" option for OOTB Refinable managed Properties In O365
Currently option to change the "mapping to crawled properties" settings is not editable for Refinable Managed Properties provided OOTB in O365.
It would be nice to have the property enabled so that we can include content from first crawled property that is not empty. This would solve the problem of having multiple values issues in Managed properties while consuming them .
27 votes -
Improve the accuracy of search in Chinese or allow administrator to adjust / customize word-breaking in Chinese search scenario in SOP
In SharePoint O365, the search engine 's Performance is not always satisfactory,especially in Chinese. Sometimes, the search result does not match the search criteria. This issue was analyzed by MS SPO Support team and the root cause should be the incompleted word-breaking.
User expected a better search engine in Chinese Search so that the expected result could be find out directly.
As an alternative, user also expected that the customising feature for word-breaking dictionary could be offerred in SPO.
26 votes -
"query rule"
Please add the SharePoint On-Premises feature to SharePoint Online to create Query Rules with the Query Condition: "Query matches this regular expression". This would enable us to target query rules based on our organisations reference format.
25 votesthinking about it ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion. Remember, the more votes a suggestion gets, the more likely it is that we’ll do it. You can see what’s happening with Office 365 on the Office 365 Roadmap.
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SharePoint search should return the file path for image files in document libraries
When a search result is returned for an image file (png, jpg, gif etc..) stored in a document library, it returns the dispform.aspx page for the item, and not the path to the file.
This is counterintuitive to end users, and should be resolved to better harmonize with the way modern views render images and documents stored on the same location.
24 votes -
About the search box on the upper left of the modern UI [site page]
User wants to search list items in the search box on the upper left of the [site page] for modern UI.
24 votestell us more ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
In the time that has passed, search has evolved. Let us know if the new search satisfies the ideas/wishes you expressed here.
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Requesting an improvement in how Office files in search results are opened in Office Online
*English follows Japanese
■Title(件名):
検索結果より Office ファイルを開いた場合に、Office Online でファイルが開く動作について改善を要望します
Requesting an improvement in how Office files in search results are opened in Office Online
■Description(内容):
サイト コレクションにて "既定でクライアント アプリケーションでドキュメントを開く" をアクティブ化している場合でも、ユーザー設定で既定の "ブラウザーで開く" 設定されている場合は、検索結果より Office ファイルを開くと Online で開く動作となる。
ユーザーごとにファイルを開いた場合に動作が異なることや Online では正常に機能しない動作がある場合を考慮し、クライアント アプリケーションで Office ファイルを開くように統一したいため、サイト コレクションの設定と連動してほしい。
また、ユーザー設定についてはユーザーごとに設定が必要であり、サイト単位で設定ができるように併せて機能の実装を要望します。
Even if "Open in the client application" is enabled in site collections, Office files in search results will be opened using Office Online if the user setting is set to "Open using browser".
Considering that user actions performed when the file is opened differ for every user and some actions may not be performed normally in…23 votes -
Search management
We think there is a pronounced need to have a way to monitor (also manage) the load on the search crawler or the index. We would like to have:
- a monitorable queue of objects being processed by the search crawl. An admin could manage the search crawl queue thus making sure priority sites, based on business need, are indexed first, regardless of data volume contained in them.
OR
- a way to monitor the health of the search index. Like index statistics in SQL, we need a way to track (potentially also optimize) the load on and status of the site…
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Ability to crawl sites without Windows Authentication
I would like to be able to configure only Trusted Identity provider on a default zone and still be able to crawl it.
i know that right now im able to crawl non-deafult zone and then create server site mappings, but this causing a lot o disadvantages.
There is also possibility to crawl default zone and extend Web application to provide SAML logon, but then there are also problems like Deafult-zone url's in e-mails, problem with showing feeds on mysites etc...Maybe a different solution would be to have search dedicated zone, that would act exactly as crawling default one?
23 votes -
Allow Searching in Multiple Choices Columns
We have a list with a "Multiple Choices" column called "Location".
Thus there are list entries with location values like "Berlin, Gray Court".
The item gets indexed in the following style: "Berlin;#Gray Court;#
Unfortunately the search does not return those results when querying for "Berlin".
Only the query "Berlin*" does return all desired results.
Would be nice to see the lingusitic features (word braking) working in such cases!22 votes -
Ability to search for hyperlinks in content
The need to identify pages/files that contain specific hyperlinks is incredibly useful for maintaining content stored across multiple sources. For example, our business users would like to know how many internal sites/files might be linking to content that will moved, retired or changed. SharePoint 2010 provided this feature, but this cannot be configured in 2013.
Our company was able to configure this in SharePoint 2010 search by creating a Managed Property called "link" that was assigned to the "A.HREF" Crawled Properly. Users could then search using the syntax "link:http://ourintranet.com/documents/annualreport.pdf" Please give us this capability back!
22 votes -
Modern Sharepoint search page to use Search settings page result URL from site collection
Modern Sharepoint search page to use default Search settings page result URL from site collection so that results can go to enterpise search - search center page /search
21 votesthinking about it ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thank you for your answer! The default behavior when you search from a site, is that you get results from that site. You can change the scope to be all of SharePoint by clicking the SharePoint link that’s directly above the search box on the search results page. After changing the scope you’ll also see results from your on-premises content that has been pushed to the Office 365 index.
We’re thinking about whether this default behavior should be different, and are interested in hearing what people think about this. -
Redirect link for modern search in modern team sites to classic search center
Hello. Can you please add a redirect link to the modern team sites, as well as the classic team sites with modern page experience, that the users can also use the classic search center which is customizable to fit the users’ needs?
You have already added a redirect link to the classic search center within the document libraries when you search for something. But this link is not everywhere available in a modern team site.20 votestell us more ·AdminSharePoint UserVoice Admin (SharePoint UserVoice Admin, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thanks for your feedback! Your idea sounds interesting, but we need more information. We’re thinking about extending search on sites and are interested in learning what functionality you’re missing.
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Add a the capability to index DWG files and DGN files.
Autodesk AutoCAD DWG and Bentley Microstation DGN files are the primary file formats used to store and disseminate design information and plans between business partners working on civil engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and transportation projects.
Many AEC firms use SharePoint Team sites as centralized points for these types of projects, but unfortunately, these files, which often contain a lot of text information, cannot be indexed and searched.
Autodesk and Bentley are major technology firms that already partner with Microsoft, please collaborate on a solution!20 votes
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