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Copper Contributor

Dec 13, 2017

Communication Site - Highlighted Content > Pages > Managed Property Empty

We are building a communication site and using the Highlighted Content web part. We have built our own content type of "HP Site Page" with the Site Page parent. We have created 2 custom columns calle...

Iron Contributor

Apr 05, 2018

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

Susan_Hanley

MVP

Apr 05, 2018

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.

Paul Chapman
Iron Contributor
Apr 05, 2018
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.
- SusanHanley
  MVP
  Apr 05, 2018
  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!
  - Paul Chapman
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 09, 2018
    You know what, I think I hadn't Published the page while I was testing. Which I imagine is the same as Check in. :s