Comments on: Hiding People from People Search

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Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:47:02 +0000

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By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:09:38 +0000

User error, but my default “Type” was string, not boolean. I was following the steps to create the property and you say, “Set the following properties (everything else leave be)”, but I missed seeing the type being boolean in the pic. Not a big deal, but if you miss it, you’ll have to recreate the property…

By: Tom Daly

Tom Daly — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 04:24:14 +0000

In reply to Randy Chandler. This worked last time I tried. You could also use an existing field in the profile to filter by.

By: Randy Chandler

Randy Chandler — Fri, 18 May 2018 14:44:42 +0000

Hi Tom, I was just given a link to this post. Were you ever able to determine if the process you presented in your post still works and/or if modifications need to be made?

By: Tom Daly

Tom Daly — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 01:21:23 +0000

In reply to Kay. Yes actually, good thing you bring this up. In Office 365 you are not able to use custom properties in the search queries. You will have to use a property that already exists. In the search schema you could map your custom property to an existing boolean field. In the search query webpart you would filter by this a Refinable property.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:31:38 +0000

Hi Tom, has there been an update since you last posted your comment? I just followed your instructions (except for running the script). Wondering if anything adhttps://thomasdaly.net/2016/01/16/hiding-people-from-people-search/?replytocom=1489#respondditional needs to be done? I am hoping the HideFromPeopleSearch In Build your query window/Property Filter shows up.

By: Umr

Umr — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:22:31 +0000

In reply to Umr. Never mind , I had to go and enter Yes in one of the user profile property and it showed up as crawl property after full crawl.

By: Umr

Umr — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:46:12 +0000

it seems like it does not work with SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2016 uses ADI by default and once you crate a property it does not add it in to crawled properties after full crawl. need to figure out how to add and crawl it as crawled property.

By: Tom Daly

Tom Daly — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:31:23 +0000

In reply to Tristan Langford – Jackson.

You are 100% right… they no longer let you do anything with search properties. You must use one of the exist refinable properties and map your custom property to it. They provide a bunch of generic properties for the different property types. I will update the blog posting and provide you with a credit for your effort! thanks for sharing!

By: Tom Daly

Tom Daly — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:02:13 +0000

In reply to Tristan Langford - Jackson. Tristan, thanks for taking the time to look into this and provide feedback. This one has been back and forth a few times with the changes that are happening in Office 365. I'll give your suggestion a shot this week and post an update.