Search Webpart to Restrict to a Document Library

Question

How do you restrict a search web part to only search the contents of a particular document lbrary? I have a web page with a document library web part added to it. I want to add a search box to the page that only returns results from the document library on the page. This would be similar to how a document library search works when you navigate directly to the library and see the search bar in the top right.

I hope this is a simple question and I thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You can use the OTB managed property called "path" for this.

 The idea is that  you will append an additional statement to each query from this search box.  The extra query will look something like this:

path:sitename/doclibraryname

This query says "return all items where the path contains sitename/doclibraryname"

 There are multiple ways to implement this.

1. On your search box we part add this query to the "Additional Query Terms" section of the config panel.  Then check the "Append Additoinal Terms to query" checkbox.
2. On your Core Results web part add the query to the "Append Text to Query" section of the config panel.
3. Create a custom scope with this query and apply the scope to the core results web part on your destination page.

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Paul Olenick SharePoint/FAST Architect , MCTS http://olenicksharepoint.wordpress.com/

Answer 2

You can use the OTB managed property called "path" for this.

 The idea is that  you will append an additional statement to each query from this search box.  The extra query will look something like this:

path:sitename/doclibraryname

This query says "return all items where the path contains sitename/doclibraryname"

 There are multiple ways to implement this.

1. On your search box we part add this query to the "Additional Query Terms" section of the config panel.  Then check the "Append Additoinal Terms to query" checkbox.
2. On your Core Results web part add the query to the "Append Text to Query" section of the config panel.
3. Create a custom scope with this query and apply the scope to the core results web part on your destination page.

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Paul Olenick SharePoint/FAST Architect , MCTS http://olenicksharepoint.wordpress.com/

Great, thank you! Option 1 is exactly what I need.

Answer 3

Is there a way to get the search results to show up in the same page as where the search web part is located?

Answer 4

You could add a Search Core Results web part on the same page. 

Then configure your search input box to point to the same page (I think it's under Miscelaneous or Advanced).

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Paul Olenick SharePoint/FAST Architect , MCTS http://olenicksharepoint.wordpress.com/

Answer 5

Awesome! Thank you!

Answer 6

Also, is there a way to add the "Search Refinements" drilldown to the Search Core Results web part? I couldn't find a way of doing that inside the webpart.

Answer 7

The refiners are added as a separate web part.  See here for a description:

http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/03/15/get-to-know-the-refinement-web-part-in-sharepoint-2010-enterprise-search.aspx

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Paul Olenick SharePoint/FAST Architect , MCTS http://olenicksharepoint.wordpress.com/

Answer 8

Thank you! (again of course!)

Answer 9

I'm trying to use the "Append Text to Query" option to restrict the results from an advanced search webpart. But when the page loads the screen is displaying all documents in the search path.  Is there any way to prevent the search executing until the user enters the search criteria and clicks the search button?