Making Sharepoint Search better

Method for adding more relevant refiners to search. This method is relevant when using site content types for managing documents. For example having a MyDoc-Site Content Type with Site Column Department or labeling associated. This is handy when the enduser want a more relevant query filter.

 

1. Make sure the column you want is
1. a. Site Column
2. b. Indexed on the list.
2. Site Settings>Site Collection Administration>Search Schema
3. Choose a refinable Managed Property depending on type of content. For example refinableString01
4. Edit Refinable
1. a. Change Alias to something more obvious
2. b. Mappings to crawled Property > Add a mapping
3. i. Search for the sought after crawled property. If theres more than one, choose one without ows_q in the name.
5. Ok.
6. Run new crawl.

References:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/tothesharepoint/archive/2013/06/19/stage-14-configure-refiners-for-faceted-navigation.aspx