Introduction to SharePoint 2013 Search

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Introduction to SharePoint 2013 Search Presented by: Josh Noble & Robert Piddocke

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The SharePoint search experts at SurfRay have compiled a deep dive into all the new search functionality in SharePoint 2013.

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Introduction toSharePoint 2013 Search

Presented by: Josh Noble & Robert Piddocke

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Agenda

• Crawler Side Improvements• Query Side Improvements• User Side Improvements• What is Missing?• Ontolica Search & Preview

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Crawler Side Improvements

• Native PDF Indexing• Faster Office & PDF Indexing• Federated Locations & Search Scopes• Mailbox Search• Scalability

Fig 1. SharePoint 15 Content Sources

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Crawler Side Improvements

Crawl Health Reports

Fig 3. The Diagnostics Menu in the SSA

Fig 2. The Crawl Reports Page

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Crawler Side Improvements

Managed Properties are now set under Search Schema in the SSA with new property options.

• Searchable: Includes the content of the property in the index, making it searchable as a query term alone.

• Queryable: Property can be used in queries such as Property:Value.

• Retrievable: Property can be returned to the result set for display or programmatic usage.

• Refinable: Property can be returned in refiners. • Sortable: Properties can be used for sorting.

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Crawler Side Improvements

Managed Properties Options

Fig 5. Managed Property Options

Fig 4. Making a Property Refineable

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Crawler Side Improvements

Complete Matching of Property Values & Entity Extraction

Fig 6. Complete Matching Feature in Managed Properties

Fig 7. Company Name Property Extraction

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Crawler Side Improvements

Continuous Crawl

Fig 8. Advanced Query Syntax

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Query Side Improvements

• Search Dictionaries - Links to MMS• New Query Syntax• Query Suggestions

Fig 9. Advanced Query Syntax

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Query Side Improvements

• Result Types• Result Type Rules• Result Type Management• Display Templates

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Query Side Improvements

• Result Blocks• Query Rules– Add Promoted Results (Best Bets)– Add Result Blocks– Add Action Terms

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User Interface Improvements

• Ajax UI• Video & Reports Tab• inDocument Library Search Box

Fig 11. Videos Tab, Reports Tab, &Personal Favorites Promoted Results

Fig 10. Document Library Search Box

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User Interface Improvements

Fig 12. Visual Refiner Controls

Deep Visual Refiners with Counts

Fig 13. Visual Refiner ControlsFig 12. Search Refinement Configuration

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User Interface Improvements

Floating Info/Preview Pane

Fig 14. SharePoint 15 Floating Info. Pane

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User Interface Improvements

• Social Definitions• Personal Favorites• Response Time• Language Selection• Sorting Dropdown

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What is Missing?

• Better Advanced Search• Configurable Web Crawler• Extended Search Result Actions• Preview Support for PDFs & Other File

Types• Saved Searches/Alerts/RSS Feeds• Preview Without Additional

Infrastructure

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Ontolica Search & Preview

• End –User Search Personalization• Dynamic Result Views• No-coding cross-farm configuration

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Ontolica Search & Preview

Preview 500+ File Types & External Content

Fig 15. SharePoint 15 Floating Info. Pane

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Agenda

• Crawler Side Improvements• Query Side Improvements• User Side Improvements• What is Missing?• Ontolica Search & Preview

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Q/A & Contact Details

Josh NobleDirector of Sales, Americas & OceaniaAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search

[email protected]

Robert PiddockeSenior Technical Lead, Americas & OceaniaAuthor: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search

Working with [email protected]