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Improving the SharePoint search experience
#SPSBE | #SPSBE07
Elio Struyf @eliostruyf
April 18th, 2015
Office 365 MVP
SharePoint Search & Branding
Blogger | BIWUG board member
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Elio StruyfSenior Office 365 | SharePoint Consultant
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Types of users
Novices
Close the technical expertise gap
Guide to create complex queries
Experts
Provide new ways of discovering content
Novice user
Search guidance
Suggestions
1. Gather synonyms
2. Create a thesaurus CSV (key, synonym, language)
3. Import it in SharePoint
Important: you cannot export a thesaurus, so youneed to maintain the main file.
Synonyms: On-premises
Synonym example
No thesaurus functionality in SharePoint Online
You can make use of Query Rules
Synonyms: SharePoint Online
Query rule example
Getting your users a step further
Show project sites, team sites, news
Search verticals
Refiner counters
Tip 5 – Use visual refinersMake refinement easier, otherwise it stays unused
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND
WORDS Arthur Brisbane
Show the application icons instead of text
File types
Showing profile pictures
Use “Modified by” instead of Authors
Authors is based on document properties
Quick tip: Authors Modified by
Tip 6 – Make your keywords count
In an ideal world you would know which keywords are highest ranked
Experiment with
the keywords you use
You could help your users
Search breadcrumbs: show used keywords
Search keyword combinations hints
Having the tools is not enoughUsers need to know how to use them
Experts
Tip 7 – Search as you type
Refresh the results as you are typing (ex. Google)
User can quickly adapt their queries
Search as you type
Reference: Mikael Svenson
Search as you type
Enrich search results
Classification
Entity Extraction
Content Enrichment
Tip 9 – Delve & Office Graph
Manager
Direct report
Works with
Shared with me
Viewed by me
Trending around me
Presented to me
Liked by me
Delve
Bringing Delve / Office Graph into your search center
Continuous improvements
Implement
Configure
Analysis
Collecting
feedback
Evaluate
Questions?
Thank you!
