SharePoint Online: Add Metadata to Search Results Page
Requirement: Add Metadata to SharePoint Online Search Results.
SharePoint Online: How to Show Metadata in Search Results?
I have a requirement to add the “Project Name” column value of a document in search results. Followed these steps to add metadata properties (or custom columns) to the search results page of SharePoint Online:
- Activate Publishing Feature both at Site collection features and Site Features page.
- Get the Managed Property name for your list column. You can verify it from Site settings >> Click on “Search schema “under the “Site Collection Administration” section. Use search to enter the name of your property and verify its mapping. In my case, I have the “ProjectName” Site column added to my list, and its respective managed property was created automatically as: “ProjectNameOWSTEXT”.
- Open the site collection in SharePoint Designer, and navigate to folder “Search” folder under “Display Templates”. E.g., https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/ICPapers/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Search/
- Copy and paste: Item_default.html file, and rename the copied file into something relevant. E.g., “IC_Documents.html”
- Edit the IC_documents.html file in SharePoint Designer
- Change the “Title” Tag value to: <title>IC Documents</title>
- Append your Metadata property to the “ManagedPropertyMapping” tag. In my case, I’ve added “,'ProjectName':'ProjectNameOWSTEXT'”
- Add your custom property in <Body> section next to ” _#=ctx.RenderBody(ctx)=#_ “, In my case I’ve added “<div> <b>Project Name:</b> _#= ctx.CurrentItem.ProjectNameOWSTEXT =#_ </div> ”
- Save and close the file.
- Edit Results.aspx page, edit the “Search Results” web part, and set its display template: Under properties, set the “Use a single template to display items” option and select “IC Documents” from the list. Click OK and stop editing the search results page.
- That’s all. Now, if you search for something, You should see search results populated with “Project Name” Metadata! Similarly, You can add any number of columns to search results.
