Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Sorting Search Results

FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint provides the capabilities of sorting search results by property type, as shown in Figure 8.15. To change the default property that results are sorting by, or add/remove properties to the Sorting drop-down, open the results page in edit mode, and follow these steps:

1. Locate the Search Action Links web part, and choose the action Edit Web Part.
2. Expand the settings group Display Properties. Here you can find the properties available to sort by—for example, Site, Document Rank, Created Date, and so on. Select the check boxes for each property you want to add to the Sorting drop-down, and select the radio button of the property for default sorting, as shown in Figure 8.16.

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