Hi,
Today I was faced with an interesting question regarding SharePoint’s search capabilities. Â 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. Â Each PDF would contain (amongst other information) the patient ID, DOB, address, and hair colour. Â Now, if I searched for a complete or partial patient ID I would like the results to display as follows:
123431
DOB: Â Â Â Â Â 10/30/1973
Address: Â Â 123 Main Street, Mainsville, MA
Hair Color: Â Black
582654
DOB: Â Â Â Â Â 11/07/2001
Address: Â Â 234 Front Street, Toronto, ON
Hair Color: Â Blonde
The Patient ID would be found inside the PDF and would be a link to the document. Â The rest other fields would be picked-up from inside the PDF. Â I know that the search results can be formatted using XSLT in SharePoint 2010 and using the GUI in SharePoint 2013. Â However, can SharePoint be set up to read data from inside the result documents and display it in the results?
Thanks,
-Haniel
Hey Haniel,
looks like that got truncated.
Regards
Craig