1. 10 Things I Like in
SharePoint 2013 Search
AGNES MOLNAR
SENIOR SEARCH SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT, BA INSIGHT
SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS
ZAGREB, 11/28/2012

2. sponsors

3. Introduction
• Senior Search Solutions Consultant
• SharePoint Server MVP
• Speaker, Blogger, Community Lead
http://aghy.hu
http://www.DoMoreWithSearch.com
Agnes.Molnar@BAInsight.com
@molnaragnes

4. There are major changes in Search!
Combination Used
of FAST and pervasively
SharePoint Content by throughout Continuous
Search Search WCM the platform Result Sources Crawling
High Query Search
Scalability CSOM Result Blocks Suggestions Query Rules Refinements
Search is used pervasively throughout the platform
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5. USER EXPERIENCE

6. #1 – UI enhancements

7. ARCHITECTURE AND
ADMINISTRATION

8. #2 – One Search Core
Content Sources
HTTP
File shares
Front-end
SharePoint Content Query
User Profiles Content
Crawl Index Query Processing
Processing
Component Component Component
Component Client Application
Exchange
Lotus Notes
Documentum Crawl
Analytics
Database Link
Processing
Component Database
Custom
Analytics
Reporting
Database
Event Store
Search Search
Administration Administration
Component Database

9. #3 – Search Administration at Multiple Levels
• Central Administration
• Site Collection
• Site Administration
• Tenant Administration
Task Site Site Admin
Collection
Admin
Create and/or override Query Rules, including Promoted Results
Create and/or override Result types and display templates
Create and/or override Result Sources, either for remote locations or
as a custom search “vertical”
Create managed properties
Create refiners
Start a local crawl – can even be done down to the list level

10. #4 – PowerShell
• Service Application
• Topology
• Administration
• Crawling
• Query Processing
• Metadata
• etc.

11. #5 – Troubleshooting Enhancements
• Crawl log
• Content Source (1,7, and 30 day duration trend)
• URL View (Remove from index)
• History (Latency/Load)
• Health reports
• Crawl Latency/Load by Repository, Handler, Crawler, CPC,
SQL
• Crawl Freshness by source heat map in days
• CPU and Memory Load by component and process
• Content Processing by stage
• Query Latency/Load percentiles overlaid with crawl and
analytics load
• Federation
• Query Latency by Object model, Query Processing, Core index

12. CRAWL

13. #6 – Content Capture
host
http://search
content
feed query
content
indexing connectors
content
federate query
index
OOB Solutions Custom Solutions
• File Share
• SharePoint
• Website
• People Profile
• Lotus Notes
Custom Solutions on Connector
• Exchange Public Folder
Framework
• Documentum

14. #7 - Continuous Crawl
• Because of changes in how the index
is created and stored, a document
can appear in the index within
seconds of going through content
processing
• Crawl continuously every 15 minutes
(by Default)
• Can change the default using
PowerShell
(Set-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource )
• Can run at the same time as Full and
Incremental Crawls
• Ignore Errors and just logs them!
Gotcha! - Only works on SharePoint Content
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15. Content Freshness

16. Content Freshness

17. #8 – Result Sources
Scopes and Federated Search in SharePoint 2010
 “Result Sources” in SP2013
• Local SharePoint Index
• This farm
• Remote SharePoint
• Another farm
• oAuth Trust
• Open Search
• Upgraded support for 1.1
• Exchange
• Same Search
• Anonymous Authentication is
supported
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18. QUERY PROCESSING

19. #9 – Query Rules
and Query Suggestions
Query Conditions
(does it meet a condition?)
• Contains Words
• Source
• Type
• Source
• RegEX
Query Actions
(What action to perform)
• Promoted Results
• Best Bets
• Visual Best Bets
• Result Blocks
• Additional Query
• Query Modification
• XRANK
• Query Re-Write
Query Publishing
(When to perform this action)
• Start Date
• End Date
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20. #10 - Search Query Builder
New Tool to help you build complex queries
• Used Pervasively
• Query Rules
• Result Blocks
• And More…
• Visually build complex queries
• Allows for testing queries
• Refiners
• Sorting
Query Processing 23

21. Want to Know More About SharePoint 2013
Search?
The Essential Guide to
Enterprise Search in
SharePoint 2013
Everything You Need to Know to Get the
Most Out of Search and Search-based
Applications
Download from
www.SharePointSearch2013.com
This book contains 20 chapters, and more than 100 pages packed full of valuable insights. Also
includes helpful call outs and screenshots.
Working with Architecture,
User Working with Applications &
Queries and Deployment &
Experience Content Development
Results Operations

22. questions?
HTTP://AGHY.HU
HTTP://WWW.DOMOREWITHSEARCH.CO
M
@MOLNARAGNES

23. thank you.
SHAREPOINT AND PROJECT CONFERENCE ADRIATICS
ZAGREB, 11/28/2012