Office Custom Property Is Not Searchable (197607)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Site Server 3.0
This article was previously published under Q197607 SYMPTOMS
A Microsoft Office custom property is not searchable by default.
Attempting to search the field results in an empty query result.
CAUSE
The schema does not contain proper information to process the custom
property.
RESOLUTION
The following steps will allow you to make the custom property called
"phrase2" searchable:
- Open Site Server Dir\Data\Search\Config\DefineColumns.txt.
- Add the following to DefineColumns.txt:
# Custom Property for MSOffice document
# custom_int (DBTYPE_I4) = d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae
custom_int
phrase2 (DBTYPE_STR | DBTYPE_BYREF) = d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-
08002b2cf9ae
"phrase2" - Go to Schema in the MMC.
- Add custom property.
- For Other Property Set, enter "d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae"
(without the quotation marks).
- For Property ID, enter phrase2.
- Select String.
- Select Index, and then select Retrievable.
- Select Submit.
- Re-crawl the catalog.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/10/2001 |
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Keywords: | kbprb KB197607 kbAudDeveloper |
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