Displaying Custom Result Properties

To display custom result property values, you must do the following:

1. Establish the desired metadata columns as managed properties in SharePoint (see “Establishing Custom Properties in SharePoint”).

2. Configure the relevant managed properties as search-result properties for Search & Preview (see “The Search Result Properties Page”).

3. Configure the Search Result Properties setting for each relevant Search & Preview SharePoint Search Result Web Part as follows:
o To show all available properties, set the Web Part to show custom properties from all result-property groups.
o To show properties from a minority of available groups, configure the Web Part with a list of result-property groups to show (properties from unnamed groups will not be shown).
o To show properties from a majority of available groups, configure the Web Part with a list of result-property groups not to show (properties from all unnamed groups will be shown).

See “Search & Preview SharePoint Search Result Web Part” for details about how to make these settings.