Introduction toContent Search

Web PartHaaron Gonzalez

Lead Solution Architect

Hershey Technologies

Show dynamic content Content Query Web Part

Introduced in MOSS 2007 as part of the ECM functionality

Aggregates and displays list items within a site hierarchy

Features

Provide caching and query optimizations

No coding

Cross Web query

Security trimming

Customizable

Include style templates for display the data

Enhance in SharePoint 2010 with more features like:

Filtering support

Query String

Metadata

Property Mapping

• XSLT• CSS• HTML• JQuery

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Site Collection A

Content Query Web Part

Site Collection B

Site Collection C

Site Collection

List of articles/documents

Show dynamic content Content Search Web Part

Introduced in SharePoint 2013 Enterprise

Leverages search infrastructure to present information

Already available in Office 365

Features

No coding

Cross Web and Site Collection query

Security trimming

Customizable

Include Display Template for display the results (easy to use)

Property Mapping

• HTML• JavaScript• JQuery

• Build in functions

Site Collection A

SearchSearch Crawl

Content Search Web

Part

Site Collection B

Site Collection C

Site Collection D

List of articles/documentsRecommendationsPopular items

Content Search 30,000 ft. view

Get the results: Query Builder

Show the results: Display Templates

Query Builder: Connecting you to results

Create queries Preview Results

Full screen query builder to create/test queries

Fully integrated with result sources and query rules

Query variables are substituted at query time

Content Search in ActionQuery Builder

Hello, Display Templates

Craft the perfect look in HTML & JavaScript

What a display template does

Displays them using HTML and JavaScript instead of XSL

Retrieves managed properties

File Extension Title Preview Image

Document SummaryPath

Layers for display templates

Control Item

Also:Filter, Group and Hover Panel

Display Templates available

Display Templates List

List with Paging

Slideshow

Item Templates

Large Picture

Picture on left 3 lines on right

Picture on top 3 lines on bottom

To lines

Video

Using OOO Display TemplatesReview the available display templates

Create your own Display Template

Use SharePoint Designer 2013 Publishing Feature needs to be activated

Copy and paste a display template “.html”;

Change the title

Edit existing HTML or create new from scratch

Use functions to load Scripts, CSS, etc. $includeScript(this.url, "~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display

Templates/Finished/Control_jShowOff_Script.js");

$includeCSS(this.url, "~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Finished/Item_SlidingDetails_Styles.css");

<mso:ManagedPropertyMapping msdt:dt="string">'Link URL'{Link URL}:'Path'</mso:ManagedPropertyMapping>

var pictureMarkup = Srch.ContentBySearch.getPictureMarkup(pictureURL, 135, 135, ctx.CurrentItem, "cbs-sliding-details-thumbnail", line1, pictureId);

Customizing Display TemplatesChange the size of a slideshow

Create your own Item Display Template Use SharePoint Designer 2013

Publishing Feature needs to be activated

Copy and paste a item display template

Change the title

Edit existing HTML or create new from scratch

Use functions to load Scripts, CSS, etc. $includeScript(this.url, "~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display

Templates/Finished/Control_jShowOff_Script.js");

$includeCSS(this.url, "~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Finished/Item_SlidingDetails_Styles.css");

<mso:ManagedPropertyMapping msdt:dt="string">'Link URL'{Link URL}:'Path'</mso:ManagedPropertyMapping>

var pictureMarkup = Srch.ContentBySearch.getPictureMarkup(pictureURL, 135, 135, ctx.CurrentItem, "cbs-sliding-details-thumbnail", line1, pictureId);

Customizing Item Display TemplatesAdd the modified date to two lines item view

Questions

Content Search Web Part

Haaron Gonzalez

Lead Solution Architect

Hershey Technologies