SharePoint Search REST API - PrimaryQueryResult is null

Question

I develop a SPFX WebPart that uses the SharePoint Search REST API. This SPFX WP is used in several tenants.

The request is this below:

{
    "request": {
        "__metadata": {
            "type": "Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.REST.SearchRequest"
        },
        "Querytext": "ContentClass:STS_Site AND WebTemplate:GROUP (NOT PrivacyIndicator:4) Title:test* ",
        "RowLimit": 20,
        "TrimDuplicates": false,
        "SortList": {
            "results": [
                {
                    "Direction": 1,
                    "Property": "LastModifiedTime"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SelectProperties": {
            "results": [
                "LastModifiedTime",
                "Description",
                "Title",
                "Author",
                "OriginalPath",
                "UniqueId",
                "SiteID",
                "WebId",
                "SiteLogo",
                "People",
                "AuthorOWSUSER",
                "Created",
                "WebTemplate",
                "GroupId",
                "PrivacyIndicator"
            ]
        },
        "Properties": {
            "results": [
                {
                    "Name": "EnableDynamicGroups",
                    "Value": {
                        "BoolVal": true,
                        "QueryPropertyValueTypeIndex": 3
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "HitHighlightedProperties": {
            "results": []
        },
        "RefinementFilters": {
            "results": []
        }
    }
}

A. When the response has some results, there is no problem.

B. When this request has no result, for all tenants except one, the response has this body:

    {
        "odata.metadata": ".../_api/$metadata#Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.REST.SearchResult",
        "ElapsedTime": 32,
        "PrimaryQueryResult": {
            "CustomResults": [],
            "QueryId": "762be03b-ae4f-438e-984d-4f81d2416506",
            "QueryRuleId": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "RefinementResults": null,
            "RelevantResults": {
                "GroupTemplateId": null,
                "ItemTemplateId": null,
                "Properties": [ ... ],
                "ResultTitle": null,
                "ResultTitleUrl": null,
                "RowCount": 0,
                "Table": {
                    "Rows": []
                },
                "TotalRows": 0,
                "TotalRowsIncludingDuplicates": 0
            },
            "SpecialTermResults": null
        },
        "Properties": [ ... ],
        "SecondaryQueryResults": [],
        "SpellingSuggestion": "",
        "TriggeredRules": []
    }

=> PrimaryQueryResult has a correct value and specifies that there are no result (TotalRows is 0).

C. When this request has no result, for one specific tenant, the response has this unexpected body:

    {
        "odata.metadata": ".../_api/$metadata#Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.REST.SearchResult",
        "ElapsedTime": 35,
        "PrimaryQueryResult": null,
        "Properties": [ ... ],
        "SecondaryQueryResults": [ ... ],
        "SpellingSuggestion": "",
        "TriggeredRules": [ ... ]
    }

=> The problem here is that PrimaryQueryResult is null, unlike all other tenants.

What could cause this behavior?
In what cases can PrimaryQueryResult be null?

Answer 1

Hi @JeromeMZK ,
Could you confirm that the different tenants take different permissions?Permission will affect the result of query.

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Answer 2

Thank you for your answer.

I'm not sure to understand your question: what kind of permissions are you talking about?
These different tenants are those of my different customers.

Answer 3

Please make sure your account has read permission in the talent.
You can crawled items after you have permission in the site.
You can't get any items if you don't have permission in the site.

Answer 4

@Wendy Li_MSFT I'm sorry but this answer doesn't answer my problem.
I have all the rights I need at all levels.
The problem is something else.

The problem is not about having access to elements or not but that the search service returns a PrimaryQueryResult to null for a single tenant when there is no result to a query.