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When is search going to get better refiners? We had to take a big step backwards from what we had in 2013. File type and last modified doesn't cut it for users. We do annual surveys of our intranet and search is always one of the largest complaints since moving to SPO. Refiners, scoping, proper ranking - all some of the top issues that contribute to users wishing our intranet "could be more like google"...i know, I hate hearing it too 🙂
- We took a look at pnp-modern search but had some challenges getting the interface to look good. Refiners listed all file types instead of just a finite list. The on-premise refiner experience was soo much better than online would be nice if they could add this capability to modern search. We should not have to use a custom solution to get something that previously existed in on-premise IMO.
- I am using PnP Modern search web part on a daily basis and once I got used to handlebars ( and now Adaptive Cards) I find the PnP version way better than the out of the search web parts from SP2013. Re the refiners listing all file types, that sound like you either should update the the search query or that you expect some kind of grouping of file type ?
- Have you looked at the PnP Modern Search Refiners? https://microsoft-search.github.io/pnp-modern-search/
- We did, but were not impressed or looking to have to implement and support something custom. It also doesn't cover all of the search experiences, so it was kind of a non-starter. These basic things need to native in the OOTB product.
- For what it's worth, we were on Google Search Appliance for several years while that was a product.....and we had people telling us it should be "more like Google", too!
- haha - we used to have that too...luckily that is long gone
Ajla_BadzaMicrosoft
Hey Dan and Charles, we are currently working on implementing some out of the box refiners to help users discover more easily their personal content, or content from other users, improving the content source filter, as well as to give options for sorting. I do not have an exact ETA for these. In the meantime, we have the custom filters feature available in the admin panel. Would help to hear more from both of you on some specific pain points that end users are facing when it comes to filtering and scoping.
