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Issues with Modern Search for List items (Nothing found by modern search)
Hello everyone, I am having some issues with Modern Search where it is not finding any list items. These are items that have been created 4+ weeks ago and are easily found using the classic search center. I have started a case with Microsoft to find out what is going on but information back from that case is slow. So I am wondering if anyone else is having this issue? Is this a global issue or is this something that is just happening to me?
Note this issue is NOT searching from the list page. That work just fine, the issue is searching from a more global search. Also document or page search works just fine, the issue is just for list data.
Thank you for looking at this,
Bernard
Here is the search in a classic search center
Here is the search using modern search
Well I guess this is the Official answer from Microsoft. I still think it is BS as this is something that should be core to search (lets just forget searching 50% or more of all results).
This behavior is a known issue and limitations with communication site
Symptom
Searching on a communication site that includes list data does not return that list data.Cause
This is a limitation of search on Communication Sites. Communication Sites currently use the Microsoft Graph for search, and there is no signals for list data at this timeResolution
Signals for List data is something that is going to be included in the product in a future release, there is no current ETA on that feature landing
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Well I guess this is the Official answer from Microsoft. I still think it is BS as this is something that should be core to search (lets just forget searching 50% or more of all results).
This behavior is a known issue and limitations with communication site
Symptom
Searching on a communication site that includes list data does not return that list data.Cause
This is a limitation of search on Communication Sites. Communication Sites currently use the Microsoft Graph for search, and there is no signals for list data at this timeResolution
Signals for List data is something that is going to be included in the product in a future release, there is no current ETA on that feature landingIs the site Private or Public? is the searcher in the Member role of the connected group, the Owner role, or both roles?
I just learned that if the Group is Private, and the searcher is only in the Group Owner role, then no results are returned. If the searcher is added to the Member role, OR if the Group is changed to Public, the results are returned.
Search used to work great and now it is all screwed up !!!
Geir-Magnus PettersenMicrosoft
Hi!
I am working on the modern search experience. Its correct that we do not surface list items in the experience that has been in prod for the last year. But we are currently rolling out the new version of this search that is currently surfaced if you search from any teamsite / communicationsite / hubsite or from office.com. We are soon available to all customers when searching from sharepoint home.
This new search will also surface list items as part of the resultset.
You can try it out if you go to https://www.office.com.
Let me know how you would compare it to the current experience.
- My expectation: not exposed to Modern Search results yet. Also curious when this will be possible.
Well I got another phone call from support to collect more fiddler logs showing that the search does not work in a couple sites.
The support person stated that he is able to search for list items in his tennant. So I am wondering is anyone able to find list items in the modern search?
