Nadine's Posts : MOSS Search

MOSS the File Type icons will not be displayed at the search result page

Nadine Storandt — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Hey guys,

if you execute a search query in your portal and the result list looks like the following picture, try the solution below:

In this case the problem was the DOCICON.xml file.

If you have added e.g. the pdf filter extension that please ensure that the file is correct and you not forget and end tag or something similar.

Repair the DOCICON.xml and the problem should be away.

greets

Adobe released PDF IFilter for 64Bit

Nadine Storandt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:15:00 GMT

hey guys,

Adobe just released the PDF IFilter for 64 Bit.

You can Download it here. But be careful and read the Configuration for MOSS Document, which can download here.

greets

Access denied when crawling MOSS Content

Nadine Storandt — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:24:00 GMT

Hey guys,

if your receive an access denied error message when you try to crawl a content. And this has worked previously check out this:

Disable the loopback check

loadTOCNode(2, 'workaround'); Follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK
In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value
Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.

That's it.

greets

The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service

Nadine Storandt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:02:00 GMT

The wonderfull world of MOSS Error Messages.

If you try a search in your portal and receive the following message and no error message in your eventLog:

The search request was unable to connect to the Search Service

Try this resolution:

- Go to Central Administration

- Operations Tab

- Services on Server

- Office Share Point Server Search

- check if the following option is enabled Use this server for serving search queries

Another possible resolution could be that the user who is configured to run the search has not the required permissions. So check the user permission on the SQL Database. And if your SQL Server is running under Mixed Mode Authentication.

If this does not work, please let me know i will try to help you!

greets

nadine

MOSS Search for usernames in fields like Modified by or Created by

Nadine Storandt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:02:00 GMT

Hey guys,

If you have configured your portal and search and then try to find a document, where u know the User which has created or modified this one you will find nothing per default.

The Properties in the advanced Search for fields like created by or modified by are only configured for SPS 2003 Content. I don't know why MS has taken this as default but this has cost me a day of searching the web.

To resolve this issue please follow this steps which i have found on a MSDN Blog. You can use this procedure also for custom fields which have a data type of userNames.

1. Go to the SharedService Administration of your portal

2. Choose Search Settings

3. Then choose from the general settings group the option metadata property management. Then click New managed Property. You will receive the following dialog

4. In the add mapping dialog choose the categorie Office to find the property Office:office#YourDocLibraryColumnName, if you wan to activate the created by or modified by property you must search for the property with name Office:8(Text)
5. Also add another property choose from the categorie All Sites and then search for ows_YourDocLibraryColumnName

6. Please ensure that the checkbox Allow this property to be used in scopes is activated

7. Then Click OK

After that click ok and take a look at the next steps. These are only to check your work.

1. Click on Crawled Properties link on the left side of the Shared Services Administration page

2. Click on the Office Category

3. The mapped property you just created should be listed in the Mapped To column of the Office:office#YourProperty(Text)

4 In the “name and information” section, you should see the “property Set ID:” value is 'F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9' ...This is very important!!!

5. The box to “Include values for this property in the search index” should be checked

6. Click Ok to exit

After that made a full crawl of content sources.

greets