Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer

Error: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer. Contact your administrator for more information.

My Resolution:

Open SharePoint Central Administrator
Go to "Application Management" tab
Click on "Content Databases"
Click on the database name. Default name would be "WSS_Content".
Select "Select Windows SharePoint Services search server" from the drop down.

You don't need to configure this manually if you installed Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 in standalone mode.

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posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:13 PM

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# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 8/10/2009 7:53 PM Luis Silva

It was really usefull...

Thanks a lot man !!!

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 8/11/2009 2:25 PM Jay Kinker

Fantastic!!

Good to know that.

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 8/19/2009 12:31 PM ramesh

thanks a lot.. it's saved my day

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 12/9/2009 12:53 AM sachin

I have done the above steps and also the service is started but still i get the same error. please help. thanks

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 12/9/2009 1:37 PM Jay Kinker

Sachin,

I have mentioned the steps that worked for me. I cannot comment further on your error unless I know your system/configuration. There could be multiple factors that I am not aware of.

I noticed that many people have blogged on this error and Microsoft site also has some info. Below search result may help you:
- http://bit.ly/5DDtMG
- http://bit.ly/8dMU67

All the best!

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 4/7/2010 8:00 PM Kevin

Humm... What if there is nothing in the dropdown? It's even gray/disabled. Do you have a hint?

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 7/22/2010 1:56 AM Samuel

this is a life saver

The search database was marked as suspect. Knowing that it could easliy be rebuilt, I removed it and created a new one but came up with is error. After much searching I found your note and it was fixed in 30 sec. Thanks muchly.

# re: Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer 5/30/2011 12:38 PM Sebastian

Unfortunately I am experiencing the same error but the "Select Windows SharePoint Services search server" box is greyed out, so I cannot select anything. I am using a SharePoint 3.0 standalone installation with SQL Express (I guess) as backend and Server 2008 R2 OS. Hints would be very welcome!

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