Josh Noble, co-author of Pro SharePoint Search, provides a guide on how to customize SharePoint 2010's native search refinement panel.

1. Customizing the Search Refinement Web Part in SPS2010 A video recording of this webinar session can be found at: http://surfray.com/resources/webcasts/408-customizing-search-refiners-in-sharepoint-2010-pt1.html Josh Noble Author: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search jno@surfray.com joshnoble @SurfRay

2. Customizing the Search Refinement Web Part in SPS2010 Agenda Web Part Functionality Review Web Part Customizations Exposing Numbers Adding a New Category Adjusting the Accuracy Index and Metadata Threshold Adding a new Managed Property and Displaying Content Types Overview of these settings in Ontolica Refinement Panel Limitations Q&A www.surfray.com

3. Demo On to the live site A video recording of this webinar session can be found at: http://surfray.com/resources/webcasts/408-customizing-search-refiners-in-sharepoint-2010-pt1.html www.surfray.com

4. Refiner XML Review <Category Title="Result Type" Description="The file extension of the item" Type="Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.WebControls.ManagedPropertyFilterGenerator" MetadataThreshold="5" NumberOfFiltersToDisplay="4" MaxNumberOfFilters="0" SortBy="Frequency" SortDirection="Descending" SortByForMoreFilters="Name" SortDirectionForMoreFilters="Ascending" ShowMoreLink="True" MappedProperty="FileExtension" MoreLinkText="show more" LessLinkText="show fewer“ Show Counts=“Count”> www.surfray.com

5. Demo On to the live site www.surfray.com

6. Irretrievable Properties AccountBestBetKeywordsCategoryNavigationUrlColleaguesContentsHiddenContentSourceContentTypeDocCommentsDocKeywordsDocSignatureDocSubjectEndDateExcludeFromSummaryExpirationTimeFollowAllAnchorHostingPartition ModifiedByNLCodePageNotesOWS_URLPrivateColleaguesPurposeRankingWeightHighRankingWeightLowRankingWeightNameSiteIDSocialTagTextUrlSPSiteURLStartDateUrlDepthWikiCategory www.surfray.com

7. Limitations Accuracy Index Limit of 500 Can’t have two refinement panels on one page for audience targeting Must show all or none of the managed columns Resolve with either www.surfray.com

8. 2010 Benefits Deep refiners with result counts Quick Filters and Grouping First-page and full document preview of search results and document libraries Hit highlighting on document previews Configurable Actions on Search Results Audience targeting for all web parts and search suggestions Customization without programming www.surfray.com

9. Search Center Related Queries Query Highlighting www.surfray.com Relevant Pages Deep Refiners

10. Q/A & Contact Details Josh Noble Author: Pro SharePoint 2010 Search jno@surfray.com joshnoble @SurfRay www.surfray.com

11. Additional Resources Our SharePoint Search Video Webinars: www.surfray.com – see the Resources tab Mikael Svenson – Tech and Me http://techmikael.blogspot.com/ Michal Pisarek – SharePoint Analyst HQ http://www.sharepointanalysthq.com/ MSDN – Detailed definitions of each XML attribute http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625183.aspx