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· On the Service Applications page, in the list of service applications, click the Search service application that you want. · On the Search Administration page, in the Quick Launch, under Crawling, click Crawl Log.
However, the Crawl History view shows all crawl transactions, whether or not they are entered into the index. This error can result from a crawled file-share content source that contains an invalid host name and an invalid file name.
What to do if SharePoint search is not returning any results?
If the problem persists, please contact your administrator”. It also provides a correlation ID (very helpful). This is where having that correlation id is so handy. When searching for errors in the ULS logs it is extremely hard to find what you need, unless you know what you are looking for.
Where to find search log report in SharePoint?
On the Job History page, find Crawl Log Report for Search Application for the Search service application that you want and review the status. Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.
How often is the search crawl log refreshed?
Items whose security settings were crawled because they were modified. By default, the data for each view in the crawl log is refreshed every five minutes by the timer job Crawl Log Report for Search Application . You can change the refresh rate for this timer job, but in general, this setting should remain as is.
How to solve the ” the Crawler could ” problem?
After all the failed attempts, I was able to solve the problem by extending the web application to a non-FQDN URL (for example http://intranet) and configuring this URL as the start address in the Content Source in the Search Service Application.
How does the search crawler work in farm?
The search crawler uses the SharePoint Object Model to crawl SharePoint content in a similar fashion to how a user would view the content. The Search Service crawls the object model, not the SQL server directly. Thus, the SQL authentication is occurring using the normal farm/app pool account.