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.xltx files showing as dispform.aspx hyperlink
- Mar 22, 2018
Not in SharePoint Online. It would be a custom iFilter that you can only implement in on premise SharePoint Search like you used to do with PDF files prior to SharePoint 2013.
I'm sure there is a reason Microsoft didn't want to parse template files, but I don't know what that is.
The SharePoint Search Indexer cannot parse xltx files so it will default to the dispform.aspx link.
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38746978/sharepoint-online-potx-powerpoint-template-files-not-returned-in-search-resu
Hi Scott,
thanks for getting back to me , is there a way to add the file extension at all , i cant seem to find anything or anywhere to add the extensions
paddi
- Scott StrausbaughMar 22, 2018Iron Contributor
Not in SharePoint Online. It would be a custom iFilter that you can only implement in on premise SharePoint Search like you used to do with PDF files prior to SharePoint 2013.
I'm sure there is a reason Microsoft didn't want to parse template files, but I don't know what that is.
- Patrick RooneyMar 22, 2018Copper Contributor
ah ok , bummer....
i suppose i can get round it with read only access ...
thanks again for the info
Paddi
- Scott StrausbaughMar 22, 2018Iron Contributor
We got around it differently based on our needs. These template files were being returned on a templates available page in a Content Search Web Part for our HR group. Instead of relying on Content Search, we just used manual text entry to point to specific templates. We could have also used a Document Library Web Part and used a view/filter.