PSSQT

Author(s)

• frode.sivertsen@outlook.com. Search Query Tool code developed by: https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-Tools/tree/master/Solutions/SharePoint.Search.QueryTool

Cmdlets

Search-SPIndex Search-SPSuggestions Format-SPSuggestions Format-SPResults New-MultiGeoSearchConfiguration

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

2.8.4:

New fetures:

Added a new swith IncludePersonalOneDriveResults which will return personal OneDrive results when searching SPO.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4469277/sharepoint-online-search-will-not-return-private-onedrive-results

You can now use TAB completion on your preset files. It will look for xml files in all folders in your PSSQT_PresetsPath and perform tab completion.
Please note that the preset is always referenced without the .xml extension. (.xml is automatically added by the cmdlet when loading the preset.)

Improved error reporting. Error details are always written to %LOCALAPPDATA%\PSSQT\LastError.txt

2.8.3:

New features:

You can now use a normal Credential object when searching against Sharepoint Online.
E.g:
$creds = Get-Credential
Search-SPIndex -Site https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/ test -Credential $creds

If you're in an environment with SSO enabled, this is your best choice to use other credentials. You can also use -ForceLoginPrompt instead to force the AAD login dialog.

If you do not specify AuthenticationType and your are not using a preset, AuthenticationType will be guessed based on the Site URL. If the host name ends with 'sharepoint.com',
we'll use SPOManagement, otherwise Windows

Please Note: The logic to select the correct authentication method has changed, so the bahvior might have changed since the previous version.

Bugs fixed:

Fixed another multi-geo POST query bug, where if you were searching more than one specific geo, it would produce an invalid query. GET request would work fine.
E.g of query that would fail before fix:

$geo1 = New-MultiGeoSearchConfiguration ...
$geo2 = New-MultiGeoSearchConfiguration ...
E.g: Search-SPIndex -Site https://mymultigeoenabledtenant.sharepoint.com/ test -MultiGeoSearchConfiguration $geo1, $geo2 -MethodType Post

2.8.2.1:

* This is a fix for a broken multi-geo post query in 2.8.2. Unfortunately I cannot re-release 2.8.2, so I decided to bump it to 2.8.2.1

2.8.2:

* Added -AuthenticationMethod SPO back again
* You can specify default authentication method in an environment variable PSSQT_DefaultAuthenticationMethod. E.g: PSSQT_DefaultAuthenticationMethod=SPOManagement
* New ResultProcessors ManagedProperties and CrawledProperties. (Shows you which managed and crawled properties have been set for a given query)
* Added multi-geo search. Use New-MultiGeoSearchConfiguration to create a specification and use -MultiGeoSearchConfiguration to search specific geos. Use -EnableMultiGeoSearch to search all geos.
* New Cmdlet Search-SPSuggestions

pluss various other minor changes

2.8.1:

* Changed the module version numbering to align better with the SearchQueryTool.
* Updated with latest ADAL authentication code.
* -AuthenticationMethod SPO has been removed. You should use -AuthenticationMethod SPOManagement instead.
* -SPO switch has been removed. You should use -AuthenticationMethod SPOManagement instead.

You can use Connect-Msolservice to login before executing a query. You must still use -AuthenticationMethod SPOManagement,
but you will not be prompted to login again.

New features in this release:

* New ResultProcessor AllProperties.
It will do a secondary search for each result retrieving all properties for that item. They are returned as a dictionary
in the AllProperties property

* New ResultProcessor AllPropertiesInline.
Same as above, but will only retrieve all properties for the first result and return them "inline" in a custom object. Try it, and you will see the difference.
You would typically use this with a query like 'workid:12345'

* Specify -Properties :default:
It will return what SharePoint decides is the default set of properties from SharePoint. Keep in mind that if you don't specify -Properties, PSSQT defaults to title, path, workid.

* Specify default properties by defining the environment variable PSSQT_DefaultSelectProperties
E.g. PSSQT_DefaultSElectProperties = title, author
This is what PSSQT will use if you don't specify -Properties.
Please note that specifying -Properties :default: is different. In that case PSSQT will not specify which properties to retrieve and you get what SharePoint gives you.

* Specify where to look for preset files by specifying the path in the environment variable PSSQT_PresetsPath. You can specify multiple directories separated by ;
E.g. PSSQT_PresetsPath = C:\SearchQueryTool2.8\Presets
You can do this from any folder: Search-SPIndex -Preset mypreset