Search vertical configuration

The following section will describe how to configure a search vertical as well as the different configuration sections involved. In order to configure or create a new vertical a Syntphony admin may browse to Syntphony settings > This tenant > Search Configuration > Verticals.

Vertical configuration fields

When creating a new vertical, the following information will be needed:

• Name: Name for the vertical. It accepts different languages by the multilanguage selector.

• Type: Type of the vertical. Available types are:

  • All: It includes a mixture of results from all available content types.
  • Content type: It includes results from the specific content types.
  • People: It includes people results.
  • External: It includes results from external connections configured in Microsoft 365 admin center.

• Scope: Allows selecting between two search scopes:

  • Syntphony: Includes content types configured in Syntphony, people, and external content.
  • Microsoft 365: Includes all contents from the “Syntphony” scope and also Microsoft 365 contents configured in the search.

• Content type: Allows selecting the Syntphony content types that will be displayed in the vertical. This option will only appear if the vertical type is “Content type”.

• Layout: Layout selector to display the results. Available values are List or Card. This option is not available for the “All” vertical type.

• Design: Design to display the results. Designs are configurable by browsing to Syntphony settings > This tenant > Search Configuration > Search results > Designs.

• Include expired content: Indicates whether to include expired content in the search results.

• Allow to change scope in the filter: Indicates whether to show the search scope in the filter on the search results page.

• Display external results: Indicates whether to show results from external connections in the vertical.

• External connections: Allows selecting the external connections configured in the Microsoft 365 admin center that will be displayed in the vertical.

• Display people results: Indicates whether to show people results in the vertical.

• Display promoted content: Indicates whether to show promoted content in the vertical.

• Url to see more results: URL to which the user will be redirected when clicking on the “See more” button in the search suggestions.

• Elements per page: Number of elements for pagination purposes.

• Default filter: Default SharePoint KQL query to apply.

• Filters: SharePoint managed properties that can be applied to refine the search results.

• Search properties: SharePoint crawled or managed properties used to retrieve extra information within the search results.

• Apply audience targeting: If enabled, the vertical will only be shown to users that match the specified audience.