Can I stop a metadata field being searched in an 'include all' search?

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I want to run a standard 'include all' search.
But I want to avoid returning results based on 3 metadata fields (which are used for other searches)



I have tried:


  1. Setting the meatdata fields to not display on the front end (failed)
  2. Setting the metadata field weight to 0 on the tree and global weighting fields (failed)
  3. Setting the metadata fields to not index - by unticking box on tree and global weighting fields (failed)



    I have tested the success by re-indexing a single asset - then running the search again logged in as admin user (so fresh results every time).

    Regardless of the steps I take, the results always include terms in the metadata fields.



    Does anyone know if there is a way to stop these metadata fields being included in the search?



    Using 3.18.9



    Thanks for your help.
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OK - checked again and successfully removing the indexing by customising the metadata field using the global weighting screen.


Of course, this stops any other searches using this MD field, but I can't really see any way around that if I turn the indexing off.



I'm now looking at a solution of re-naming the MD values to something like; A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 etc.

So I can still run searches for the terms (customising the initial search page) - but they won't return results in an include search.



Any tips would still be welcomed.