Hi,

I have created a text site level column and when i search this column's managed property as

Columnname:Value -> It returns the result,I belive its  "contains" operation.

but equal condition not giving any results

eg of equal condition that i have tried

columnname=value 

columname="value"

Please suggest.

-Thanks

Hi,

From your description, I have done a test in my SharePoint 2013.

1. I created a site column named docu.
2. Added the column to a library and set a value for it.
3. Then Start a full crawl,it will generate a managed property named docuOWSTEXT.

When I docuOWSTEXT:happy or docuOWSTEXT:"happy" or docuOWSTEXT="happy" or

docuOWSTEXT=happy, it will looks like the following:

So use the managed property, don't use the columnname.

Here is an article about Keyword Query Language (KQL) syntax reference for your reference:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee558911.aspx

Best Regards,

Lisa Chen