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Sorting Global Search Information
Good afternoon all -
I am trying to find a way to sort the results of a global search in SharePoint Online to list results in created date or modified date order when a search is run.
I have not found much informaiton or settings in SharePoint Online to modify these settings. Was hoping someone might be able to provide some guidance.
thanks
Derek
- Just saw an advertisement for a Search Workshop: https://searchexplained.onfastspring.com/sharepoint-2016-and-office-365-search-in-practice-workshop-nyc?mc_cid=2fe538c173&mc_eid=4e316bfffd
Agnes is a friend of mine, and is one of the top search experts in the world.I watched that workshop and it was very good. Matthew McDermott understands search very well and is an excellent teacher/presenter.
As Dean mentioned, a query rule will provide this functionality.
However, your users may still want the default behavior. I typically create a new page for customized displays. At a high level, perform the following steps:
- In search center, add a page
- Edit search results web part
- Change query
- Select Sorting tab, modify as appropriate
- Click OK on web part edit pane
- Save page
- Navigate to Site Settings
- Under Search, click Search Settings
- Configure Search navigation - add the new page
The new navigation item displays below the search box on the results pages, alongside People, Conversations, etc.
- You can do this with a Query Rule, see https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-query-rules-53556bb4-3625-490b-aa89-1223e3d4ce3f
