SharePoint: Search Lists and Document Libraries by Metadata | EndUserSharePoint.com

SharePoint: Search Lists and Document Libraries by Metadata | EndUserSharePoint.com:

A while back I create a solution that would filter a list by the metadata, but would only do this for items and metadata viewable in the current list view. Here are the original articles:

■jQuery – List and Document Library Search Solution in SharePoint
■jQuery – List and Document Library Filter Version 2.0 – Part 2
Thanks to all the good feedback and suggestions I have created another solution that will allow you to search any list by its metadata and will search ALL items visible or not. Another feature I have added into this solution is that it can be placed on any pages and when the person searches it will taken them to results page.

In order to do this we will need to have access to SharePoint designer and have permissions to edit with SharePoint designer. SharePoint designer will be used to create a Data View Web Part where results will be displayed.

There are two main steps to create this search.

■Create a Search Results page.
■Add the Search Web Part to any page.