The concept of search refiners is not new, it's been in SharePoint since the version 2010. But there was a big difference between SharePoint 2010's refiners and FAST Search for SharePoint's refiners: … [Read more...] about Refiners in SharePoint 2013/2016/2019 Search
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Word Breakers in SharePoint – from version to version
Recently, I've got a question about file naming conventions versus Search: which characters can be really used as word breakers, eg. replacing spaces in file names (see Susan Hanley's great post about … [Read more...] about Word Breakers in SharePoint – from version to version
Four Tips for Index Cleaning
If you’ve ever had fun with SharePoint Search, most likely you’ve seen (or even used) Index Reset there. This is very useful if you want to clear everything from your SharePoint index – but sometimes … [Read more...] about Four Tips for Index Cleaning
Why are some Refiner values hidden?
Refiners are cool either if you use SharePoint Search or FAST, it’s not a question. I very like them, they give so much options and power to the end users. But there’s a very common question around … [Read more...] about Why are some Refiner values hidden?
PowerShell script for exporting Crawled Properties (FS4SP)
Recently, I was working with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint (FS4SP) and had to provide a list of all crawled properties in the category MyCategory. Here is my pretty simple script that … [Read more...] about PowerShell script for exporting Crawled Properties (FS4SP)
Document Management (?!)
What do you think, what should be the firts (moreover: 0th) step of developing a complex Document Management System (DMS)? Specification? Planning? – No! Forget them, until you haven’t made a lot of … [Read more...] about Document Management (?!)