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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 ...
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.