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Azure Search: How to specify search fields in v11

In v10 of Azure Search SDK, I was able to specify exactly which fields to search in an index by taking advantage of SearchParameters class. In v11, I see there is SearchOptions, but the SearchFields parameter is get only. In v10, SearchFields has a setter.

How do I choose which fields to search on in v11?

Solution

  • You can call .Add() on the SearchFields property:

    var options = new SearchOptions();
options.SearchFields.Add("field1");
options.SearchFields.Add("field2");

    Or you can use C#'s list initializer syntax:

    var options = new SearchOptions() { SearchFields = { "field1", "field2" } };

    Example adapted from this GitHub issue.