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Using SharePoint's search bar to search for metadata tags?
Toby958
Clear, we are talking about the same fields.
To investigate further I would start with:
- check if you can search for words in the document title
- check if you can search for words in the body of the document
- are the columns of a special type?
The search bar works fine with custom columns in my tenant so the problem does not affect all tenants.
Paul
Hi Paul de Jong
The search bar works fine when searching for word in the document title. Searching for words in the body of the document does not return any results.
The column I am testing on is simply the built in 'keywords' column, which is simply a multi line of text field.
Toby958
The built-in keywords column should be searchable. I just double checked it on one of my tenants.
One more check: does the file use encryption? Simply open the Word file in the browser or local Word. If it is encrypted it will ask for a password.
If it does use encruption, that would then explain why the body of the file is not searchable.
If it does not use encryption then that is unexpected and indicates that the indexing of the document has failed. It may then also affect the indexing of the document's metadata.Paul
Hi Paul de Jong
Looks like it must be an indexing issue then, since the test documents we've used are just simple word docs with no protection on them. I'll go ahead and raise a ticket with Microsoft's support, thanks for all the help.
Toby
Hi Toby958
I have the exactly same issue as you had.
I know it's been a while since you reported this issue.
Had this issue been fixed or did you find the reason?
Really Appreciate your sharing.
THANKS
