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ChristyQV
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Aug 02, 2023

Cross site collection search vertical

I am want to add a search vertical to a site collection that returns results from a related site collection.  I have created the custom search vertical query as below.  I've also tried without the qu...
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  • DaveMehr365's avatar
    DaveMehr365
    Sep 15, 2023

    Hello ChristyQV 

     

    it's by design. Feedback from MS: 

    Site search honors the content accessible by the site scope. If the two sites are unrelated, then these are two separate scopes and the data from one cannot be searched from another. 

    Content from another site can be accessed if this site is a hub site and the other site is associate site.

     

    You need to use the PnP Modern Search WebParts or other search driven WebParts for cross site searching.

     

    Best Dave

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DaveMehr365
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Hello ChristyQV 

 

it's by design. Feedback from MS: 

Site search honors the content accessible by the site scope. If the two sites are unrelated, then these are two separate scopes and the data from one cannot be searched from another. 

Content from another site can be accessed if this site is a hub site and the other site is associate site.

 

You need to use the PnP Modern Search WebParts or other search driven WebParts for cross site searching.

 

Best Dave

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