Why is my SharePoint search not working?

Select Site Settings. Under Search, select Search and offline availability. Make sure that Allow this site to appear in Search results is set to Yes. After the setting is set to Yes, the site should be indexed during the next scheduled crawl.

How do I enable search in SharePoint?

On the List Settings page, under General Settings, click Advanced settings. In the Search section, under Allow items from this document library to appear in search results, select Yes to include all of the items in the list or library in search result.

How do I search for an item in a SharePoint list?

Open the SharePoint list. Type search keyword in the “Find an item” search box. Click the Search icon or hit Enter.

How does search work in SharePoint?

How search works

  • Search crawls the lists and libraries and adds the site columns and values to the search index.
  • In the search index, site columns are mapped to managed properties.
  • When a user enters a query in a search box, the query is sent to the search index.

How do you effectively search in SharePoint?

How to search files in SharePoint using Library Search Box

  1. Navigate to the root of the Document Library.
  2. You will notice a search window present in the header portion of the document library (to the right of where all the views are.
  3. Type the text/keyword you are looking for.
  4. Hit Enter.

How do I create a search service in SharePoint 2016?

To create a Search service application On the Central Administration home page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications. On the Manage Service Applications page, on the ribbon, click New, and then click Search Service Application.

How do I customize a search in SharePoint online?

Add Content Search on page > Edit Webpart > Change Query. Select “Custom Search” under select a query as result source we created earlier. Leave others as default.> OK.

How do I search for a filename in SharePoint?

How to search files in SharePoint using Library Search Box

  1. Navigate to the root of the Document Library.
  2. You will notice a search window present in the header portion of the document library (to the right of where all the views are.
  3. Type the text/keyword you are looking for.
  4. Hit Enter.
  5. Search box library.

How to fix list search in SharePoint Online?

I fixed this by going to Site Settings > Site and offline availability > changed “Indexing Site Content” from No to Yes, then triggered “Reindex site” from that page. And ten minutes later, the list items were appearing in search results. Thanks for contributing an answer to SharePoint Stack Exchange!

Why is my search box not working in SharePoint?

The “Find an item” or “Find a document” search boxes are not working. When I search something it always return no results. Any clue what I’m missing? Where do you stack up against other IT pros?

How to get search results in SharePoint Online?

Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner. Select Site Settings. Under Search, select Search and offline availability. Make sure that Allow this site to appear in search results? is set to Yes.

Can you search across multiple sites in SharePoint?

SharePoint Online includes the ability to search across multiple sites. As your organization grows and you have an increasing number of sites, it would sure be a pain to have to navigate to each site in order to perform your search. With SharePoint Online, you can search in a single location and the search will span across multiple sites.