Drupal 7 not searching certain fields with display suite and Solr

manager Wed, 03/07/2012 - 13:35

Problem: Some fields not indexed for search

I discovered that I was getting some content that was not being indexed with Drupal 7 and my search setup.  At first I thought is was just a problem with Apache Solr but then I tested Drupal Search and found the same thing.  The problem I was having was with custom fields I defined (in D6 you would use CCK, but in D7 they are called fields).  I also had Display Suite installed and arrange fields.

Cause: 

Search only indexes content that is displayed.  With Display Suite it appears to index only those fields that are included in the default display.

Solution

I don't use the default display now for anything except to decide what fields will be indexed for search.