People Search

[ITSMillsaps]

We are trying to create an employee directory using PNP search but we want to limit it to only certain groups and not everyone. Right now it returns everyone including service accounts, students, etc. Need to limit to faculty and staff only. I know this is done in query template but cannot find the right query to make this work.

[kasperbolarsen]

You might find this blog post of mine useful:https://www.m365thinking.com/post/sharepoint-people-search-how-to-clean-up-your-results-by-excluding-accounts

In general you will have to look into which of the user profile properties that will enable you to segregate your various groups.
If no combination of the existing properties really solve the issue, you might have to add another custom User Profile Application property, but that should be the last resort

[ITSMillsaps]

Thanks for reply What I am looking for exclude any account that user does not have a departent or I can use if the user does not have a title. This would exclude a majority of what I need excluded. David Mattox Office: 601.974.1149 ***@***.******@***.***/> | www.millsaps.edu<http://millsaps.edu/>

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[ITSMillsaps]

How would I exclude user with no department since I see department is part of the profile? David Mattox Office: 601.974.1149 ***@***.******@***.***/> | www.millsaps.edu<http://millsaps.edu/> From: Kasper Larsen ***@***.***> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2024 11:34 AM To: microsoft-search/pnp-modern-search ***@***.***> Cc: Mattox, David ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [microsoft-search/pnp-modern-search] People Search (Discussion #4158) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. You might find this blog post of mine useful:https://www.m365thinking.com/post/sharepoint-people-search-how-to-clean-up-your-results-by-excluding-accounts In general you will have to look into which of the user profile properties that will enable you to segregate your various groups. If no combination of the existing properties really solve the issue, you might have to add another custom User Profile Application property, but that should be the last resort - Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#4158 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHHWTFKETN4YRSJ5SIMBLCD2FMLADAVCNFSM6AAAAABTSGHQBKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTCNJWGAYDGNY>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>

[jblueml]

You can use Department:* to retrieve only profiles that contain a value in this managed property.

[kasperbolarsen]

Or owstaxIdSPShDepartment:"#8ed8c9ea-7052-4c1d-a4d7-b9c10bffea6f" ( only show the account having a value in Department that matches one of the values in the Term set Department)
"8ed8c9ea-7052-4c1d-a4d7-b9c10bffea6f" is the guid for the root node in the Department Term set