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SharePoint 2013 Search result count - inconsistent...

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Now a day I am working on SharePoint 2013 Search and found a common issue reported by many of users i.e. Result count is inconsistent, see screenshot

 


 


 


The result count is different on each page while use pagination on search result page.

Solution:


SharePoint 2013 introduces a new technique for presenting search results: Display Templates. Search result is coming via “Display template”; this is a property of Search Result web part. In 2013 the new rendering techniques have several distinct advantages.

  • Display templates are HTML and JavaScript rather than XSL
  • Display templates are configured for the Site and Site Collection rather than for a Web part
  • Display templates are applied with rules and logic
  • Display templates are applied to individual result items, not the entire result set
  • Display Templates are used for Results of all kinds, search results, content by search results, and refiners
  • And many more….
 
 


Detailed information for Display templates on MSDN

On each post back, search API’s are called by OOB search results pagination controls and SharePoint returns different search counts for same query. Now to standardize the search results count on each search page, client side caching can be used to store the search results of the first page and use the same result count for the remaining pages. This is supported in all HTML5 supported browsers.

Use the cache to maintain the total result count via change the Default Template, follow below steps to change

1-      Go To Site Actions - > Site Settings - > Master Pages and Page Layouts - > Display Templates - > Search

2-      Checkout the Control_SearchResults.html file

3-      Upload / replace Control_SearchResults.html file by attached file

4-      Check-in / Publish this html file and approve it

Now check the search result and it is working correctly.

 
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