Learn how easy it is to build powerful search experiences using SharePoint 2013. The session will showcase the Search in SharePoint 2013 and provide a technical and functional walkthrough of what is new. I will take you through the out-of-box search experience, and you will get tips and tricks on how to extend the search platform to create a great custom experience for your users.​

1. CUSTOMIZING
SHAREPOINT 2013
SEARCH
EXPERIENCES
By K.Mohamed Faizal ,
Lead Consultant, Chief Architect Office
NCS (P) Ltd, Singapore
www.zquad.in / @kmdfaizal

2. Hi !
My Name is Faizal and I’m
Pre-Sales Consultant and
SharePoint Architect
www.zquad.in / @kmdfaizal

3. TODAY YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN…
…how to quickly build search verticals

4. DEMO
SharePoint 2013 Search

5. RESULTS SOURCE AND QUERY RULES
DEMO

6. TODAY YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN…
…how to quickly build search verticals
Result Types
Display Template
Display Template
Query Rules
BCSConnectors
Custom Schema
RankingModels

7. TODAY YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN…
how to respond intelligently to users with Query Rules
acting
Recognize a product,
promote the Knowledge Center
Recognize an image search,
query for images of cameras
Recognize a top Video search,
show videos of the Surface
understanding
Learn more about our products
Find pictures of our cameras
What can the Surface do?
communicating

8. DEMO
Results Source & Query Rules

9. CONTROLLING THE EXPERIENCE
Add Promoted Result
Add Promoted Block
Add Ranked Block
Change Ranked Results
promotedranked

10. CUSTOMIZED SEARCH
EXPERIENCE

11. WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD…

12. CONTENT SEARCH
SCENARIO: SHOW DYNAMIC CONTENT

13. Site Collection A
Content Query
Web Part
Site Collection B
Site Collection C
Site Collection

14. Site Collection A
SearchSearch
Crawl
Content Search
Web Part
Site Collection B
Site Collection C
Site Collection D

15. CONTENT SEARCH 30,000 FT. VIEW

16. LAYERS FOR
DISPLAY TEMPLATES
Control Item
Also:
Filter, Group
and Hover
Panel
Control Item
Also:
Filter, Group
and Hover
Panel

17. 2010: XSLT HEADACHES

18. 2013: DISPLAY TEMPLATES
Retrieves managed
properties
File Extension Title Preview Image
Document SummaryPath
Craft your preferred look in HTML & JavaScript instead of XSLT

20. DEMO
Content Search & Customize user experience (Simple)

21. DEMO
Federated Search Results (Results Source & Query Rules)

22. RESULT TYPES
Conditions match
result properties
to identify a
“type” of result.
A Display
Template changes
the look of that
type of result.

23. Copy existing template for best results
Kept in the Master Page Gallery
Use the editor of your choice
Add custom properties to template
YOUR OWN DISPLAY TEMPLATES
Map to result type

24. YOUR OWN RESULT TYPES
Choose a Display Template
Copy existing or start new
Set condition criteria
Try it out with a search!

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• documents, web pages, SharePoint list entries, and images.
SIZE SEARCH ARCHITECTURE
Volume of content Sample search architecture
0-10 million items Small search farm
10-40 million items Medium search farm
40-100 million items Large search farm

26. •
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55 hours to crawl 10 million items
SMALL SEARCH FARM

27. •
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111 hours to crawl 40
million items
MEDIUM SEARCH FARM

28. Large search farm
If you have between 40 and 100 million
items, the large search farm will probably
be the most suitable farm for you.
Microsoft tested this search architecture,
and measured that it can crawl 200
documents per second, and serve 10
queries per second.
With a crawl rate of 150 documents per
second, it takes search about 139 hours to
crawl 100 million items in the first full
crawl.

29. Thank you,
By Mohamed Faizal
Questions?