Sites/Groups Not Searchable in Out-of-the-Box Liferay
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Issue
- We do not see sites as an option while selecting different asset types in the Type Facet portlet as well as in Blueprint configuration. However, we can see in the Liferay source code that SiteAssetRendererFactory is created. We want groups to be part of the search results when searching through the search bar. Is there a way to achieve this without a customization? Also, we are using sites and groups interchangeably here as all sites are added to the Group_ table.
- As an example when we search for a keyword say "guest" any and all content matches to "guest" irrespective of which site the content belongs to. This should be part of the search results and since the keyword also matches the "guest" site name or part of the description field we also would like to see the guest site as a search result.
Resolution
- This is considered a product limitation and is currently disabled by design. While a SiteAssetRendererFactory exists which would theoretically allow the site to be searchable this specific feature is not implemented making it unavailable. The main reason is that the Asset Framework used in the Asset Publisher is not designed to be exposed in this context. Therefore including sites or groups in search results is not possible OOTB.
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