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In order to see your custom properties, you first need to map them to an available managed property in the search schema. Once you do that, you can use that mapped property (for example, RefinableString01 that you map to BB Category) in your Highlighted Content web part. Don't forget that you have to wait for the search index to run for all the magic to happen!
Hello Susan,
I'm trying to display Highlighted Content using a managed property mapped to a Site Column, as it seems Tyler was, but I've not got it working, you seemed like someone who may have the answer!
I've mapped my custom property (a new site column added to a new content type based on Page) to RefinableString10. That was 2 days ago and I still can't Find a managed property of that name in the HC web part. There are quite a few longstanding Refinable custom properties that we use (successfully) in our tenant, and they don't show up either (basically, typing 'Refinable' into 'Find a managed property' returns nothing, typing 'User' in returns several options). Is there an extra step I need to take when mapping custom properties to make them show up in this webpart?
Sorry, went a bit overboard on the italics there.
Any help appreciated, from anyone,
Paul
- Have you added data in your library that uses the column? The index doesn’t seem to pick up the attribute until it has actually been used on the site. Try adding some values in your library and then re-index. The attributes should show up.
Thanks for the reply Susan, appreciated.
I already had some content in the site column I'd created as part of the custom content type, no joy. However, I tried the alternative of adding a new site column direct to the library and mapped that too. I then manually requested a reindex of the site via the Site Settings (I hadn't realised I could do that) and an hour or so later I can see the second mapped property. So progress. I imagine adding content to the column as you suggested is another way of kicking off a reindex, so same solution really. But the key for me has been adding a site column direct to the library, not as part of a new content type.
Onwards! Thanks again.
- Hmmm. I haven't had to do that. When it doesn't work for me it has either been because I had no content in the column or I forgot to check in the pages!
