Reindexing SharePoint Content Manually – and an Indication of Improvements on the Horizon

Reindexing SharePoint Content Manually – and an Indication of Improvements on the Horizon

ByMarc D Anderson

If you’ve been using SharePoint for a while, you know that newly added content may not show up in search results immediately. These days, you my most directly notice this with News Posts in roll up News Web Parts or simply using the Microsoft Search box at the top of every page. Microsoft 365 had…

Changing a Managed Metadata Site Column to Allow Multiple Values

ByMarc D Anderson

We were trying to change an existing Managed Metadata Site Column from allowing single values to allow multiple values. When we did so, we received this error: /Lists/Projects : Cannot change this column to allow multiple values because it is currently being indexed. The error is a little bit misleading, as it might lead you…