How do I add managed properties to a sub-site? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“I have the following situation, I created a subsite, and I added a column that I need to use in the managed properties in the refinable string, but opening the option in the subsite, all is disabled (I have full control of the page. ) Should I do it on the parent site? Any idea? Thank you in advance !!”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Sharon Weaver @sharoneweaver
• Geoff Varosky @gvaro
• Stacy Deere @sldeere
• Jonathan Weaver @j_weaver74

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

• A note from MVP Sean McDonough (who could not make this recording): Generally speaking, you’re going to need define the columns you want to promote/map to managed properties at the site collection level, not in a sub-site. Also, use of subsites isn’t consistent with Microsoft’s “flat world” direction going forward.
• From Microsoft Learn: How Do Site Columns Become Managed Properties, Thus Available for Search [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/community/how-do-site-columns-become-managed-properties-thus-available-for-search]