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Can a crawled property be attached to a list?
Crawled properties are only a blueprint they are not attached to a Single List. Mark My words. The guys have given very thorough answers, to answer your final question about naming. For columns, avoid spaces in List Columns and Site Columns. For Managed Properties do not use dashes.
How to create crawled columns in a list?
If you create 2 different columns in 2 lists with the same name (not from Site columns), SP will create only one crawled property with same: ows_InternalColumnName so, if you map a Managed property to that crawled, and search using that property, you will get results from both lists.
Why is my property column not showing up?
However, when editing the properties for a managed property, the column I’d like to reference is not showing up. In fact, none of the list columns are showing up. I have reindexed the list, the site (which is a sub site) and the parent site.
How to get crawled property name in MSDN?
A well explanatory MSDN Article to get idea from site column to Managed Property. Assuming that it would be a choice column. The name of this property is generated by removing spaces from the site column name, and adding a prefix.
When do you add a prefix to a crawled property?
The prefix that is added varies, depending on the site column type. In this example, we get the following crawled properties: A managed property is then automatically created and mapped to the corresponding crawled property. The name of this property is generated by removing spaces from the site column name, and adding a suffix.
How does a site column become a crawled property?
Site Column: is a metadata column that has been created for a whole site collection, thus available to be used by any list/library in that site. Crawled Property: A crawled property is content and metadata that is extracted from an item, such as a document or a URL, during a crawl.
They also do not appear in the list of Crawled Properties available via SharePoint Administration (Classic version) where the tenant-level settings are. I have followed the advice of this post, and marked the list and site for reindexing, but that did not work either: