SharePoint Online Search Rest API Result Count issue

Question

Hi,

I've noticed that in SharePoint Online the search results has an unexpected results count discrepancy. I am using search rest api to get the result based on some conditions along with paging. I am able to see the count of the number of results for whatever i searched for – but as i step through the search result pages that count keeps changing to different numbers though search query remains same. I don't know why!

Can anyone help me to understand this issue and pointers to resolve this?

Thanks & Regards,

Answer 1

Hi Jaydeep,

Search results count is an estimate number by default, so we always get different count when we browse search results pages.

As a workaround, we can add more properties in the query to narrow the results.

Best regards,

Grace Wang

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Answer 2

Hi Jaydeep,

Is there any update?

If the post helps you, you can mark it as answer to help more persons.

Best regards,

Grace Wang

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