I have an issue trying to get a SharePoint Doc Library metadata column to show up in PNP Search results webpart. Here are the details:

I have a SharePoint Site where I am just leveraging the default document Library “Documents”.

In this Library, there are the default columns “Name”, “Modified” etc. I have also created a new Metadata column called “Document type” that holds values “Test” and “Production” as choice values.

I have created two folders in this Lib called “Test Docs” and “Production Docs”

I have configured the library settings such that when user uploads document into “Test docs” folder, the column “document type” automatically gets tagged with the value “test”. Similarly when a doc is uploaded to the “Production docs” folder, this column gets tagged with value “Production”. See example image below:

I have then setup PnP Search webparts in a page in this Site. The PnP Search results webpart in this page refers to the “Documents” library above, and to return the results based on the “PnP search box” search.

I am having trouble getting the PnP search results webpart to display the metadata column which I created in the library “Document type”.

I need “document type” displayed in the PNP Search results webpart, as I need to restrict user access based on the tag value of the document in this column. So 2 things I am trying to achieve here :

1. Get the “document type” metadata column to appear in PNP Search results webpart, but I am unable to add this column to the PnP search results webpart view.  I  cant see this column in the list of columns when I edit this webpart (Please advice if I should do some mapping of that document type column to get it to show in the webpart view):

Please advice.

2. Once the column is displayed in the PnP search results view, I need to setup the following restriction.

– When a user of country A logs in, they should be able to only see the documents tagged as “Test” in the document type column. Same way if a user of country B logs in, they should only see the documents they are supposed to see (for eg “Production” tagged docs).

​I have an issue trying to get a SharePoint Doc Library metadata column to show up in PNP Search results webpart. Here are the details:I have a SharePoint Site where I am just leveraging the default document Library “Documents”.In this Library, there are the default columns “Name”, “Modified” etc. I have also created a new Metadata column called “Document type” that holds values “Test” and “Production” as choice values.I have created two folders in this Lib called “Test Docs” and “Production Docs”I have configured the library settings such that when user uploads document into “Test docs” folder, the column “document type” automatically gets tagged with the value “test”. Similarly when a doc is uploaded to the “Production docs” folder, this column gets tagged with value “Production”. See example image below:I have then setup PnP Search webparts in a page in this Site. The PnP Search results webpart in this page refers to the “Documents” library above, and to return the results based on the “PnP search box” search.I am having trouble getting the PnP search results webpart to display the metadata column which I created in the library “Document type”.I need “document type” displayed in the PNP Search results webpart, as I need to restrict user access based on the tag value of the document in this column. So 2 things I am trying to achieve here :1. Get the “document type” metadata column to appear in PNP Search results webpart, but I am unable to add this column to the PnP search results webpart view.  I  cant see this column in the list of columns when I edit this webpart (Please advice if I should do some mapping of that document type column to get it to show in the webpart view):Please advice. 2. Once the column is displayed in the PnP search results view, I need to setup the following restriction.- When a user of country A logs in, they should be able to only see the documents tagged as “Test” in the document type column. Same way if a user of country B logs in, they should only see the documents they are supposed to see (for eg “Production” tagged docs).  Read More

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