Search, return only folder names.

Question

 

Hi,

 I have a lot of content in Sharepoint... I'd like a search option or standalone search that returns only folders and not files... basically if I do a search for ITEM1, I want the types returned only folders that have ITEM1 in the title...

 

 Suggestions?

Answer 1

Are you looking to create your own webpart or modify the existing one?

 

Answer 2

Did you ever solve this?  I have the same issue.  I want the folder names to be returned in the search results.  I'm using WSS 3.0 latest version.

Answer 3

This is pretty easy to do if you are using MOSS 2007 or Search Server.  Your options are limited in wss 3.0.  Simply append ContentType="Folder" to your query to get results that are only folders.  You can easily create a scope rule for this and add let your users search that scope.

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Corey Roth blog: www.dotnetmafia.com twitter: @coreyroth

Answer 4

Hi,

I want to do the same thing, so I created a scope that is limited only to one library (using include) and it has another rule ContentType = Folder and this one is set to required. The first rule finds 1390 items and the second one 253. But the total count is 0. Am I doing something wrong?

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Sandra Ratis

Answer 5

Try setting the rule type to require on both rules instead of include.

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Corey Roth - SharePoint Server MVP blog: www.dotnetmafia.com twitter: @coreyroth

Answer 6

Hi,

I've managed to get only folders with rule exclude IsDocument = 1.

Thanks,

 Sandra

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Sandra Ratis