Restrict kql search query to specific div in a page

I'm using PnP modern search web parts but the question applies to Sharepoint search in general. I'm restricting my search to published news posts but on the new post pages, there's a "recent posts" n...

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DaveMehr365
Aug 11, 2022
Hello mattchowell

to restrict the query for a specific field only, you can use {searchTerms} in your query.

Here is an example:
contentclass:STS_ListItem_WebPageLibrary IsContainer<>true RefinableString101:{searchTerms}

I have mapped the crawled property ows_CanvasContent1 to a managed property RefinableString101:

contentclass and iscontainer are only additional parameter to specific search for pages, without template folder. You can define them according to your choice.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Dave

DaveMehr365

MVP

Aug 11, 2022

Hello mattchowell

to restrict the query for a specific field only, you can use {searchTerms} in your query.

Here is an example:

contentclass:STS_ListItem_WebPageLibrary IsContainer<>true RefinableString101:{searchTerms}

I have mapped the crawled property ows_CanvasContent1 to a managed property RefinableString101:

contentclass and iscontainer are only additional parameter to specific search for pages, without template folder. You can define them according to your choice.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Dave

mattchowell

Iron Contributor

Aug 11, 2022

DaveMehr365 Thanks, this worked great!

Path: https://xxx.sharepoint.com/sites/xxx/SitePages PromotedState:2 contentclass:STS_ListItem_WebPageLibrary IsContainer<>true RefinableString09:{searchTerms} -ContentClass=urn:content-class:SPSPeople

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Restrict kql search query to specific div in a page