DocID as a clickable column in Content Search web part

Question

We use the content search web part with a custom display template to show our documents throughout our intranet based on various criteria such as file type, language, Document Type (custom column) etc.

Now we have a request to display a column which contains the file's auto-generated Document ID. Furthermore this column should be clickable as well so the user gets re-directed to the file.

I am currently not able to figure out which property to use for this or if this requires a combination of maybe another custom column and a crawled property?

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

First you have to ensure that the managed property is mapped correctly, as in this. As far as the link goes you can use a direct link, or cheat an reuse the default link 😉