Microsoft Graph Search API response incorrect 'total' value

harryK9 1 Reputation point
2022-12-21T11:48:42.723+00:00

Hi all,
I am using Microsoft search API to search across the resources on SharePoint. The search API returns the 'total' in response as 0 but there are only 7 results present.
Any possible explanation for this incorrect data or any alternative approach?
Any help would be appreciated. 

     API: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/search/query  
     Method: POST  
     Body : {  
         "requests": [  
             {  
                 "entityTypes": [  
                     "driveItem"  
                 ],  
                 "query": {  
                     "queryString": "meal AND ContentType:Document"  
                 }  
             }  
         ]  
     }

Response:
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The search API returns the 'total' in response as 0 but there are 7 results present.

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  1. RaytheonXie_MSFT 31,071 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-12-22T02:23:00.43+00:00

    Hi @harryK9
    Per my research, you can try to add "trimDuplicates": true to trim duplicate search results. Please refer to the following body 

    {  
    "requests": [  
        {  
            "entityTypes": [  
                "driveItem"  
            ],  
            "query": {  
                "queryString": "meal AND ContentType:Document"  
            },  
            "trimDuplicates": true  
        }  
    ]  
}

    Here is the document for reference
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/search-concept-trim-duplicate

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  2. Bhanu Kiran 3,526 Reputation points
    2022-12-24T00:58:49.107+00:00

    Hi @harryK9 ,

    Thanks for reaching out.

    Please use different types of entityTypes as per the documentation and check if you are getting the same issue.

    If you are still facing the issue I would recommend you to raise a support case with Microsoft Graph, a Support Engineer will be able to assist you better. You can raise support ticket from
    http://aad.portal.azure.com/ or https://admin.microsoft.com/#/support/requests.

    Hope this helps.

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