SharePoint server on-premise modern search page issue with documents result

Question

Hi,

I have SharePoint server subscription edition with June 2023 CU. The farm contains office online server to enable view and edit documents in browser.

I am able to open documents in browser, if I browse them from document library and classic search page. I have noticed that documents url are rendered with 'wopiframe.aspx'. e.g. https://myfqdn/sites/projectA/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=%7D9431234E-4E21-1235-F56C-7111CFC169A9%7D&file=report.xlsx&action=default&DefaultItemOpen=1

But the issue is in modern search page. When I search for documents the links are showing actual location of document. e.g. https://myfqfn/sites/projectA/Report.xlsx

This is causing documents to download on computer instead opening it in browser.

Is there way to to fix open action in modern search page?

Answer 1

Hi @SABA365,

Thank you for posting in this community.

If you open SharePoint documents in Office Web Apps, then the documents URL will be rendered with 'wopiframe.aspx'. But the document URL in SharePoint search page is the real path of the document. Clicking on the link here does not assume that you are trying to open the file using the Office web app, so the file will be downloaded directly.

Please try the following settings to see if you can get the file to open in your browser:

1.Go to Library settings->Advanced settings->Opening Documents in the Browser. Select "Open in the browser".

2.Please try to add "?web=1" after the documents' URL.

For example: https://myfqfn/sites/projectA/Report.xlsx?web=1

3.Maybe something is wrong with Office Online Server. You can disconnect SharePoint Server from Office Online Server and then reconfigure SharePoint Server to use Office Online Server.

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Answer 2

Is there an answer to this issue?? We have the same issue whilst trying to upgrade to SharePoint Subscription and is causing us to freeze the project.