Introduction Have you ever encountered a situation where the search results in SharePoint show incorrect document titles and modified dates? This can be frustrating, especially when you rely on accurate metadata for document management. In this blog post, we’ll explore why this happens and how to resolve it. Problem Statement A business user reported that the search results for a particular document displayed the wrong name and modified date. Upon investigation, we found that the title and modified date were being pulled from the document properties rather than the metadata shown in the SharePoint library.

SharePoint Online offers the useful feature of news links to avoid duplication of news articles and promote existing posts across different sites. This is especially beneficial when news creation is enabled for various departments or directorates, allowing them to share significant news organization-wide. However, the News WebPart might display both the news links and the original articles, resulting in duplicated content. To manage this, you can utilize the OriginalSourceUrl column, which stores the link to the source news article.

SharePoint Search: Excluding Columns from Search Results SharePoint empowers users to manage and organize vast amounts of data efficiently. However, not all data within a SharePoint site might need to be searchable. Do you miss the functionality to control visibility of sensitive or irrelevant information in column. The Challenge You might have encountered instances where you need certain columns in your SharePoint lists or libraries to be excluded from search results.