Search Result Source not returning docs on Subsite

Question

Hello,

This is for SharePoint 2016 on-prem ... I have created a Search Result Source in Central Admin that defines the following query:

{searchboxquery?} IsDocument:1 AND PATH:{Site.URL}

I then created a page on site collection and added a Search Result Web Part that uses the above Search Result Source as its query. When I run a search I get results, but only for the top-level site collection ... I also have a subsite under that site collection for which I am not getting any results back.

My understanding is that the above query SHOULD return any document where the path "contains" the current site URL (i.e. if running on a top-level site in the site collection, any subsite documents should also be returned, correct?

I verified that the sub site documents are indexed because I can find them via the global search center ...

Any idea why the subsite docs would not get returned when searching from the top-level site?

Thanks

Answer 1

@Rene Wagner ,

Per my test, {searchboxquery} IsDocument:1 AND PATH:{Site.URL} will include documents in subsite, as shown below:

Please edit the search result web aprt>change query>click Test tab>Show more>enter the file name in search query box to check if the result will be displayed(Note, since I use the duplicate file, remember to change settings to "Don't remove duplicates").

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