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SPO Site Search returns tenant results instead
Searches from 'Search this site' on one (heavily accessed) site in a tenant returns tenant results (search scope 1) instead of just site results (search scope 3). All other site searches work as expe...
AndrewWarland hi Andrew i can see no one got back to you on this.. we're seeing the same issue this morning.. did you get any resolution?
thanks,
Andy
muiraaah Hi Andy, no one ever replied to this. I wrote two related blog posts about this
https://andrewwarland.wordpress.com/2022/02/06/how-the-search-scope-returns-search-results-in-sharepoint/
https://andrewwarland.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/factors-that-can-affect-search-outcomes-in-sharepoint
There are a number of checks you can make (as described in the posts). In this particular case, the problem was a combination of issues. Only one site in the (large) tenant has this problem, but it's the primary site. All newly created sites work correctly. I think the answer would be to run the script (described in my posts) that re-sets the searchScope just for that specific site. Unfortunately I don't have access to do that with this particular organisation. Let me know if you can try that option.
Andrew
https://andrewwarland.wordpress.com/2022/02/06/how-the-search-scope-returns-search-results-in-sharepoint/
https://andrewwarland.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/factors-that-can-affect-search-outcomes-in-sharepoint
There are a number of checks you can make (as described in the posts). In this particular case, the problem was a combination of issues. Only one site in the (large) tenant has this problem, but it's the primary site. All newly created sites work correctly. I think the answer would be to run the script (described in my posts) that re-sets the searchScope just for that specific site. Unfortunately I don't have access to do that with this particular organisation. Let me know if you can try that option.
Andrew