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Iron Contributor

Mar 31, 2017

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SharePoint Online Search Not Returning Data in People Search

So I'm working in a client tenant (O365) and have created a custom attribute in their User Profile service called "HideFromPeopleSearch". It's a boolean attribute and basically I'm flagging service a...

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Mikael Svenson
Mar 31, 2017
Did you read this? http://www.techmikael.com/2014/11/how-to-make-sure-user-profile.html

Mikael Svenson

Iron Contributor

Apr 04, 2017

And did you map it at the tenant level?

JaredMatfess

Iron Contributor

Apr 04, 2017

Ooh, no I didn't map it at the tenant level. I mapped it at the site collection level. Let me do that! (I do get values for other properties, including when new users join)

JaredMatfess
Iron Contributor
Apr 08, 2017
Forgot to circle back - yup Mr. Svenson continues his reign of Search champion. Cheers for all the help!
JaredMatfess
Iron Contributor
Apr 04, 2017
Man, really appreciate your help. Just mapped at tenant level, letting the index rip yet again. :-)
Mikael Svenson
Iron Contributor
Apr 04, 2017
User props must be mapped at the tenant level as that's where profiles live. Content living in one particular sitecol and searched at that level can be mapped at the sitecol.