Smart Search and excluding fields

Using Where condition in the search results page is the easy way, but kind of fake.

Custom search index should be able to handle this.

Hi Brenden,

Could you please explain the reason why you need to use two indexes? Why not to use one index with all 20 fields? Understanding your scenario might help us to suggest a different solution to achieve your goal.

Best regards, Roman Konicek

Roman Konicek, I have two different distinct needs: 1 is for an auto complete list and the other would be a site search.

For the auto complete, I only want the first and last names searched. The site search, I want the full 20 fields content searchable. I've attempted adding a condition in the search results webpart to only search on those fields but it searches all the fields.

Have you tried using a weighted search for the Auto Complete? If the FirstName and LastName are searchable fields, you can do FirstName("Bob") LastName("Bob") and the results should work for suggestions.

I agree you should only need 1 index for both, and just make sure it only does the parameterized search and not on the general content. Hit me up brenden if it's giving ya trouble!