Search functionality

I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
2007 if WSS can not do this thing).

I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
else from any of the departments.

Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
custom development?

Mike
Mon Nov 27 11:30:03 CST 2006

You can do this already in WSS *2.0*.

If you have a view of the data which is just the information belonging to
one department and you open that View and once showing that View page do a
search, then you will only get information from that department even if the
list itself contains information from all departments.

To search the list to be able to gt information from all departments you
would just open a View that contains all documents / items and search there.

I would imagine that the default search scopes for WSS 3.0 would be the
same.

Can someone with more data to be searched than me, please confirm ?

Mike Walsh
WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)

<web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164640889.456686.267860@45g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
> 2007 if WSS can not do this thing).
>
> I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
> departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
> like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
> else from any of the departments.
>
> Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
> custom development?
>

web
Tue Nov 28 01:41:57 CST 2006

Is this the standard search that you are talking about? I've tried this
but it seems that I get results from all the MOSS site. What I need is
to be able to limit search scope / search results.

Mike Walsh wrote:

> You can do this already in WSS *2.0*.
>
> If you have a view of the data which is just the information belonging to
> one department and you open that View and once showing that View page do a
> search, then you will only get information from that department even if the
> list itself contains information from all departments.
>
> To search the list to be able to gt information from all departments you
> would just open a View that contains all documents / items and search there.
>
> I would imagine that the default search scopes for WSS 3.0 would be the
> same.
>
> Can someone with more data to be searched than me, please confirm ?
>
> Mike Walsh
> WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
> No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
>
> <web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1164640889.456686.267860@45g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
> > 2007 if WSS can not do this thing).
> >
> > I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
> > departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
> > like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
> > else from any of the departments.
> >
> > Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
> > custom development?
> >

web
Tue Nov 28 02:24:24 CST 2006

Ok I made some progress, I am getting results limited to the list but
NOT limited to the view! Anyone can confirm whether what Mike Walsh is
saying can be done in WSS 3.0 i.e. search results limited to items
within a view?

Thanks



> Is this the standard search that you are talking about? I've tried this
> but it seems that I get results from all the MOSS site. What I need is
> to be able to limit search scope / search results.
>
> Mike Walsh wrote:
>
> > You can do this already in WSS *2.0*.
> >
> > If you have a view of the data which is just the information belonging to
> > one department and you open that View and once showing that View page do a
> > search, then you will only get information from that department even if the
> > list itself contains information from all departments.
> >
> > To search the list to be able to gt information from all departments you
> > would just open a View that contains all documents / items and search there.
> >
> > I would imagine that the default search scopes for WSS 3.0 would be the
> > same.
> >
> > Can someone with more data to be searched than me, please confirm ?
> >
> > Mike Walsh
> > WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
> > No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
> >
> > <web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1164640889.456686.267860@45g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> > >I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
> > > 2007 if WSS can not do this thing).
> > >
> > > I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
> > > departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
> > > like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
> > > else from any of the departments.
> > >
> > > Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
> > > custom development?
> > >

Mike
Tue Nov 28 02:24:12 CST 2006

In WSS v3 (which you asked about) searches are restricted to the site only
(as the highest level of what can be covered)

In MOSS 2007 you ought to have a dropdown that allows you to choose either
All Sites or (this) Site.

In both you can have searches on List only (when in a List in MOSS you have
All Sites / Sites or List as your alternatives in the drop-down).

See

http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=730

Mike Walsh

<web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164699717.849565.123780@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Is this the standard search that you are talking about? I've tried this
> but it seems that I get results from all the MOSS site. What I need is
> to be able to limit search scope / search results.
>
> Mike Walsh wrote:
>
>> You can do this already in WSS *2.0*.
>>
>> If you have a view of the data which is just the information belonging to
>> one department and you open that View and once showing that View page do
>> a
>> search, then you will only get information from that department even if
>> the
>> list itself contains information from all departments.
>>
>> To search the list to be able to gt information from all departments you
>> would just open a View that contains all documents / items and search
>> there.
>>
>> I would imagine that the default search scopes for WSS 3.0 would be the
>> same.
>>
>> Can someone with more data to be searched than me, please confirm ?
>>
>> Mike Walsh
>> WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
>> No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
>>
>> <web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1164640889.456686.267860@45g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>> >I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
>> > 2007 if WSS can not do this thing).
>> >
>> > I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
>> > departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
>> > like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
>> > else from any of the departments.
>> >
>> > Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
>> > custom development?
>> >
>

web
Tue Nov 28 02:40:40 CST 2006

What about Search this View? Is that possible in WSS 3.0?

Also, what are the ways of enhancing the search functionality? Search
scopes / document property mappings.

Document property mappings seem to integrate with the search scopes,
however the mappings functionality looks quite cryptic :S

Mike Walsh wrote:

> In WSS v3 (which you asked about) searches are restricted to the site only
> (as the highest level of what can be covered)
>
> In MOSS 2007 you ought to have a dropdown that allows you to choose either
> All Sites or (this) Site.
>
> In both you can have searches on List only (when in a List in MOSS you have
> All Sites / Sites or List as your alternatives in the drop-down).
>
> See
>
> http://www.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=730
>
> Mike Walsh
>
> <web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1164699717.849565.123780@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Is this the standard search that you are talking about? I've tried this
> > but it seems that I get results from all the MOSS site. What I need is
> > to be able to limit search scope / search results.
> >
> > Mike Walsh wrote:
> >
> >> You can do this already in WSS *2.0*.
> >>
> >> If you have a view of the data which is just the information belonging to
> >> one department and you open that View and once showing that View page do
> >> a
> >> search, then you will only get information from that department even if
> >> the
> >> list itself contains information from all departments.
> >>
> >> To search the list to be able to gt information from all departments you
> >> would just open a View that contains all documents / items and search
> >> there.
> >>
> >> I would imagine that the default search scopes for WSS 3.0 would be the
> >> same.
> >>
> >> Can someone with more data to be searched than me, please confirm ?
> >>
> >> Mike Walsh
> >> WSS FAQ www.wssv3faq.com / wss.collutions.com
> >> No private questions please (additions to FAQ welcome)
> >>
> >> <web.dev.services@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1164640889.456686.267860@45g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >> >I need to implement the following functionality on WSS 3.0 (or MOSS
> >> > 2007 if WSS can not do this thing).
> >> >
> >> > I will have a knowledge area which will be used by a number of
> >> > departments. All items will be readable by anyone, however users would
> >> > like to be able to filter items either from their own department, or
> >> > else from any of the departments.
> >> >
> >> > Is this functionality available out of the box, or do I need to use
> >> > custom development?
> >> >
> >