Please find below a table of the SharePoint Search "Result Sources" related to Atlas that are used for In Focus web part configuration and filtering. You can select a Result Source by name in your In Focus web parts to refer to a particular Result Source using a particular Scope. For example: SPSiteSubscription|External Insights (Atlas)
You can find out more about configuring In Focus web parts here: Configuration for In Focus web parts (Atlas 5.0+)
In Atlas 6.0 and earlier, these are managed from the SharePoint Admin Center, but from Atlas 6.1 we have moved this to the Atlas Configuration workspace. Learn more below: Manage Result Sources (Atlas 6.1+)
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In this article we have split the Result Sources into two different types - those which automatically filter based on the metadata values in the common Atlas fields applied to the page and those which do not.
- Manage Result Sources (Atlas 6.1+)
- Result Sources matching against the page metadata
- Unfiltered Result Sources
- Where to use Result Sources
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Manage Result Sources (Atlas 6.1+)
From Atlas 6.1 you can manage Atlas Result Sources from the Atlas Configuration workspace, so you don't need to be a SharePoint Admin to set these up. To see how, please read this article: Manage Result Sources from Atlas Configuration (Atlas 6.1+)
In versions prior to 6.1, you'll need to ask your SharePoint Admin to create Result Sources through the Admin centre.
Result Sources matching against the page metadata
All Atlas content shares the following common metadata, so these fields will be used to determine or filter which content can be returned on the current page:
Activity, Department, Entity, Location and Subject.
Content type-specific metadata will not be considered for filtering. These fields are:
Information Type, News Type, External Insights Type and Event Type.
How does the filtering work?
It is important to understand exactly how the filtering will work when using these Result Sources. Let's say a page is tagged with two Departments; "IT Services" and "Finance", and one Location; "UK":
In this scenario, these result sources will only return content which has the Location "UK" and either the Department "Finance" or "IT" - the content must match at least one value (or a child term of that value) in every field but does not need to match every value in every field.
If all five Atlas fields for your page have exactly one specific value, content will only be returned if it matches all five values or children of those values, so it is generally recommended not to use more than 3 specific tags for the page as that may restrict the content that can be returned, but it also gives you the flexibility to be very specific about exactly what you are showing on a given page.
Result Sources available
The Result Sources below will cause your In Focus web part to return only Atlas content which matches the common metadata values of the page the web part has been added to. You can still apply filters on top of this in the web part configuration or by using an In Focus Filters web part.
We recommend using the SPSiteSubscription scope for these Result Sources. So the full name for a result source would be e.g. SPSiteSubscription|Atlas: Documents.
| Result Source Name | Description |
| Atlas: Documents | Return Documents that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Emails | Return Emails that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Events | Return Events that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: External Insights | Return External Insights that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: FAQs | Return FAQs that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Knowledge Base | Return Knowledge Base content that matches the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Knowledge Pages | Return Knowledge Pages that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Landing Pages | Return Landing Pages that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Launchpad Links | Return Launchpad Links that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page (generally only used in the Launchpad itself). |
| Atlas: Location Pages | Return Location Pages that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Mixed Communication | Return Communications content that matches the Atlas metadata applied to the page. This includes News, Events, External Insights and Spotlights. |
| Atlas: Mixed Knowledge | Return all Knowledge content that matches the Atlas metadata applied to the page. This includes Documents, Knowledge Pages, Landing Pages, Locations, External Insights and Emails. |
| Atlas: News Pages | Return News Articles that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Spotlights | Return Spotlights that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
| Atlas: Suggested Links | Return Suggested Links that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page (generally only used for the Suggested Links in the My Links panel). |
| Atlas: Useful Links | Return Useful Links that match the Atlas metadata applied to the page. |
Unfiltered Result Sources
The Result Sources below will allow your In Focus web part to return any content of a particular type without any metadata-based filtering applied. You can still apply specific filters on top of this in the web part configuration or by using an In Focus Filters web part.
The full name for a result source would be e.g. SPSiteSubscription|Atlas: All Documents.
| Result Source Name | Description |
| Atlas: All |
Return content regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. Restricted to the following content types:
FAQs and Useful Links are not returned because they cannot use the same Item Styles in In Focus web parts. |
| Atlas: All Documents | Return all Documents regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Emails | Return all Emails regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Events | Return all Events regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All External Insights | Return all External Insights regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All FAQs | Return all FAQs regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Knowledge Pages | Return all Knowledge Pages regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Knowledge Base | Return all Knowledge Base content regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Landing Pages | Return all Landing Pages regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Location Pages | Return all Location Pages regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Mixed Communication |
Return all Communications content regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. This includes News, Events, External Insights and Spotlights. |
| Atlas: All Mixed Knowledge |
Return all Knowledge content regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. This includes Documents, Knowledge Pages, Landing Pages, Locations, External Insights and Emails. |
| Atlas: All News Pages | Return all News Articles regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Spotlights | Return all Spotlights regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
| Atlas: All Useful Links | Return all Useful Links regardless of the Atlas metadata on the page. |
Where to use Result Sources
In Focus web parts
To change the Result Source in In Focus web parts, simply edit the web part and open the SharePoint Search or Microsoft Search section (depending which engine you are using) and open the Result Source dropdown:
In Focus Verticals web parts
To change the result source for an In Focus Verticals web part, edit the web part and open the Settings section, then click the Configure search button. Set the Result Source for each Vertical from the Result Source dropdown:
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If you still need assistance with any of the above please contact support or your CSM.
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