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SharePoint 2013: You don't appear to have permission to view the account credentials for this result source

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Problem

You navigate to the Result Sources page of a site collection (Site Settings > Site Collection Administration > Search Result Sources). You then click on one of the result sources listed and then observe this error message:

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This error message is confusing, especially when you are logged in using an account that has both farm administration and site collection administrator privileges. The key terms in this error message that actually point to the solution lie at the end of the third sentence: "...at that level."

Result sources created at the farm administration level, i.e., through Central Administration, can only be edited at that level. Result sources created at the farm level will be visible both at that level and at the site collection level. Result sources created at the site collection level will only be visible and editable at the site collection level. The level at which a result source is created can be seen on the Result Sources page, which will present somewhat different categorizations depending on whether you are viewing this page through the Search Service (farm level) or site collection settings:

Search Service: Manage Result Sources (farm level)

  • Defined for this search service
  • Provided by SharePoint

Result Sources (site collection level)

  • Defined for this site collection
  • Provided by the search service
  • Provided by SharePoint

Solution

  • If you created the result source through the search service's Manage Result Sources page, navigate back to that page to edit the result source.
  • If you created the result source at the site collection level, navigate to the site collection's Search Result Sources page to edit the result source.

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