Is there a way to allow users search by list fields in SharePoint 2016?

Question

Hello,

Our case is that we have a custom list where the user wants to do search by any of its fields and get the filtered results so is there a way to achieve this using views (having dynamic filters) or is there any other way to achieve this functionality?

Or is there any other component in SP 2016 other than list that I can use to record some fields and search with them in a dynamic way and export the results to excel?

Thank you
Best Regards,
Marwa Mostafa

Answer 1

once content inside Sharepoint list got crawled you may search this content by values in fields. You need to check which crawled properties are created for this list and to which managed properties they are mapped. Then use these managed properties in your KQL queries in order to fetch list items which have appropriate values in the fields you need:

MyManagedProperty:foo

Answer 2

Hi @Marwa Mostafa ,

We could use Advanced Search to filter search results. Please enter http://SearchCenterURL/Pages/advanced.aspx to open Advanced Search. However there is no OOB way to export search results to excel.

In addition to the default properties, we could also add custom properties restrictions, please refer to:

https://searchexplained.com/configuring-advanced-search-in-sharepoint-2013-and-2016/

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