Create Managed Search Property In SharePoint Online

In this article I will show the steps to create managed search property.

  • Managed properties are used in search verticals.

  • In SharePoint 2013, when you create the site column, the managed property will create automatically.

  • Using Managed property we will show the search results in content search web part and can use it for filtering, reporting, and/or refining.

  • You can create managed property at the SSA level and site collection levels.

Steps to Create Managed Property

Here are the steps to create a property:

Step 1: Go to you SharePoint Site.

SharePoint Site

Step 2: Then click the gear menu and select the site settings as in the following screenshot:

site settings

Step 3: On the site settings page select the “Search Schema” from site collection administration section.

Search Schema

Step 4: Click on the “New Managed Property” from the Site Collection Administration – Managed Properties page, you will able to create new property in site collection level

New Managed Property

Step 5: Then provide property name and description, etc as shown in the following screenshot:

provide property name

Step 6: Then map the crawled property with manage property using Add a Mapping button,

add mapping button

And click OK to save the managed property.

click Ok
Finally New managed property will be created successfully in your site collection.

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Summary

In this article we explored the use of managed property and created a new managed search property in SharePoint 2013 Online.