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PDf preview not working in SharePoint 2013 search

Tanmoy Das 806 Reputation points
2021-01-19T05:23:48.693+00:00

Hi Guys,

For a client, enabled pdf preview using PowerShell.

https://www.sharepointdiary.com/2014/06/enable-pdf-preview-in-sharepoint-2013-office-web-apps.html

It worked for the test env but not for Prod. Both the environments are using same office web apps farm.

Any idea? Am I missing anything?

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  1. Echo Du_MSFT 17,141 Reputation points
    2021-01-20T01:53:21.127+00:00

    Hello anonymous user ,

    PDF preview for SharePoint 2013 integrated with Office Web Apps Server isn't enabled by default.
    You could run the below script to enable PDF previews in SharePoint 2013 search results. 

    Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -erroraction SilentlyContinue  
   
$TenantOwner = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchOwner -Level SSA  
   
#Search Service application name  
$ssa = "Search Service Application"  
   
$Rule = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchPropertyRule -PropertyName "FileType" -Operator "IsEqual"  
$Rule.AddValue("pdf")  
$RuleCollection = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchPropertyRuleCollection  
$RuleCollection.Add($rule)  
   
$Item = New-SPEnterpriseSearchResultItemType -Owner $TenantOwner -SearchApplication $ssa -Name "PDF Preview" -Rules $RuleCollection -RulePriority 1 -DisplayProperties "Title, Author, Size, Path, Description, EditorOWSUSER, LastModifiedTime,CollapsingStatus,DocId,HitHighlightedSummary,HitHighlightedProperties,FileExtension,ViewsLifeTime,ParentLink, ViewsRecent, FileType, IsContainer, SecondaryFileExtension, DisplayAuthor, docaclmeta, ServerRedirectedURL, SectionNames,SectionIndexes,ServerRedirectedEmbedURL, ServerRedirectedPreviewURL" -DisplayTemplateUrl "~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Search/Item_Word.js" -OptimizeForFrequentUse $true

    Thanks,
    Echo Du

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