Customize Display templates – SharePoint 2013 & SharePoint Online

In SharePoint 2013 we have display templates to handle the display of search results in web parts. I would recommend to read this msdn article to understand display templates first.

I will give a walk through on how do we customize a display template for a particular requirement (in this case to display e-mail address of person).

Prerequisites: Search should be configured and working in the system.    

Solution:

1.       Create a web part page “MySearch.aspx”, and added “Search Box” & “Search Results” web parts.

2.       Configure both the web parts that search box query goes to search result.

3.       Go to Site Settings -> Master Page Gallery -> Display Templates -> Search

4.       Download “Item_Person.html” file, the display template for People Item.

5. Change html to display Email – add the highlighted code as below:

6.       Upload the updated file to display template library and publish the file.

7.       Go to the MySearch page -> Edit Page-> Edit ‘Search Results’ Web part

8.       Under ‘Display Templates’, chose ‘Use a single template to display items’ and select ‘People Item’.

                

                       

9.       Save and exit the Page.

10.   Search name in search box, it should return email id with People data.