Hi,
Today I was faced with an interesting question regarding SharePoint’s search capabilities. I have a need to customize the search results as to display content of PDF files returned from the search in a specific format.
Suppose there is a document library of patient records in PDF format. Each PDF would contain (amongst other information) the patient ID, DOB, address, and hair colour. Now, if I searched for a complete or partial patient ID I would like the results to display as follows:
123431
DOB: 10/30/1973
Address: 123 Main Street, Mainsville, MA
Hair Color: Black
582654
DOB: 11/07/2001
Address: 234 Front Street, Toronto, ON
Hair Color: Blonde
The Patient ID would be found inside the PDF and would be a link to the document. The rest other fields would be picked-up from inside the PDF. I know that the search results can be formatted using XSLT in SharePoint 2010 and using the GUI in SharePoint 2013. However, can SharePoint be set up to read data from inside the result documents and display it in the results?
Thanks,
-Haniel
Unfortunately the client already settled on Livelink for their records management solution (not really sure why). They are planning on using OpenText AGA which claims it can support the SharePoint search. As you said, the challenge will be with extracting out the metadata. Stay tuned on an update.
Regards,
-Haniel
