Adding a search function to the page

Question

Hello,
How can I incorporate a search function into this page to search for specific questions and answers within the sections? What are the steps to achieve this, or what solutions are available for this purpose?

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Hi @Martin, Heidi (SE GP T SP PS) ,

Ok, I got you!

To add a search function to a SharePoint Online page, there are two options you can choose from:

Use Web Part Page:

Web Part Page is a classic page. you can use the out-of-the-box search web part in it. Here are the steps to add it:

1. Create a Web Part Page.

Fill in the corresponding information and click Create.

2. Click Add a Web Part, select the web part to be added as shown in the figure below, and then click Add.

If it is not available when you add it, you need to enable custom scripts at the organization level and site level, and then try it.

For your reference:

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2017/12/how-to-enable-custom-script-in-sharepoint-online.html

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3. After everything is completed, click Stop Editing in the upper left corner to save.
4. You can also configure the web part settings to customize the search experience, such as the search query.

For your references:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/search-solutions-in-sharepoint-2013-and-sharepoint-online#search-center-web-parts

Use Site Page

Site Page is a modern page that does not support search web parts. However, in order to enable modern pages to implement search functions, some users have developed PnP Modern Search Web Part and uploaded it to GitHub for everyone to use. If you want to implement search on modern pages, you can try using this.

For your reference:

https://searchexplained.com/deploy-pnp-modern-search-web-parts-sharepoint-online/

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Have a nice day! :-)

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