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Toby958
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Jun 24, 2020

Using SharePoint's search bar to search for metadata tags?

I might be mistaken, but I'm fairly sure when I've used SharePoint in the past, the search bar can be used not only to find document titles, but to search for metadata tags also. I've noticed that th...
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Richard_Zhang86
Copper Contributor
Oct 12, 2021

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 

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dbetlow
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May 09, 2022
I also have the same issue.
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    Stuart Young
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    Jul 20, 2022

    I have noticed that the = sign does not get returned. I have metadata tags with equations

    e.g. P=IV

    if I search on words or on IV, everything works as expected, results returned.

    but if I search using the '=' sign, I get zero hits.

     

    Not sure if this helps but it is a real pain for me!!

     

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