How to Add Properties To advanced Search in MOSS 2007

Creating and Exposing Managed Properties in the Advanced Search Page

To make a custom column appear as one of the property restrictions in the SharePoint 2007 Advanced result page, you need to:

(1)Map the crawled property to a managed property.
(2)Edit the XML of the Advanced Search Box webpart to show the managed property.

(1)Central Admin – Shared Services Administration – Search Settings - Metadata Poperty Mappings
(1.1) Add the property.
(1.2) Map the property i.e. ows_...

(2)Add PropertyDef and PropertyRef to Properties XML as show below:





Refn:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bgeorgi/archive/2007/03/22/adding-a-custom-property-to-the-advanced-search-box-filters.aspx

http://vspug.com/andymay/2006/11/09/moss-2007-advanced-search-on-your-own-metadata/