Forum Discussion

Charlotte_Habel's avatar
Charlotte_Habel
Copper Contributor
Jun 11, 2019

Find Library Name in Search (SharePoint Online)

Hi all,   I'm fairly new to SharePoint Online. So, please forgive if I am missing to give you important information or suchlike. In my company, we are just starting to use SharePoint Online. We h...
Document Library
SharePoint Online
Jens Balondo's avatar
Jens Balondo
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2019
Hi Charlotte,

please change to https://[YourTanantName].sharepoint.com/ and search for ContentType:"Folder". Any results?

Regards
Jens
Charlotte_Habel's avatar
Charlotte_Habel
Copper Contributor
Jun 19, 2019

Jens Balondo 

Hello Jens,

 

no results.

And when I search for the name, I can just select a result type that is a data file (like Word, OneNote, Zip and so on). In the advanced search, I can just select result types "all", "documents", "word documents", "excel documents" and "PowerPoint presentation".

 

[Of course, if I use the name of the theme in a file, it can be found.]

  • Jens Balondo's avatar
    Jens Balondo
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 21, 2019

    Hi Charlotte,

    just to be sure.. You use the the search bar from the modern site on the top?

    https://[YourTanantName].sharepoint.com/

     

    And your search results are also use the modern experience with default verticals?

     

    Or do you start your search from a Site with the search scope just in this Team Site?

     

    • Charlotte_Habel's avatar
      Charlotte_Habel
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 24, 2019

       

       

      Hi Jens,

       

      when I go to

      https://[MyTanantName].sharepoint.com/

      I am redirected to a teamsite (/SitePages/DevHome.aspx). But, when I click on "SharePoint", it seems to be my startpage. There, I can search and have the default verticals

      (I don't know why the Notebook shows up, it doesn't contain any information).

      (The search results just decrease to zero, when I search for "2019 ContentType:"Folder"" or such)

       

      Can there be something in the settings that prohibits me to find folders or libraries?

       

       

      • Charlotte_Habel's avatar
        Charlotte_Habel
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 24, 2019

        It seems I found the error (or both errors).

        I was mainly working on our dev-environment (for testing) and it seems that the webcrawler somehow did not work for the libraries (but for files…?).

        I am now working on our productive system and there, when I search for "ContentType: "Ordner"" (not "Folder"!!) I find the libraries and folders (also when I search for themes/names). It just takes some time after creation unitl it can be found (since the webcrawler only works a few times a day).

         

        Thank you for your support, Jens Balondo !

Resources