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Written by Janis Vavere

Search finds items anywhere in your organization by what they say, not just by their exact words. Use the quick search when you know roughly what you are looking for, and the full search page when you want to combine a search with filters.

Quick search

Click the magnifying glass at the top of the left sidebar, or press Cmd+K on a Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows, and start typing. The shortcut works from any page as long as you are not typing in a text field.

Before you type, the dialog shows Search examples you can click to try, and Recent searches, the last five items you opened from a search.

Results appear as you type, sorted by relevance. Each result shows the item type icon, the title with the matching words highlighted, the best matching passage, the item's ID and its position in the tree. Click a result to open the item; Cmd-click or Ctrl-click opens it in a new tab. Five results are shown at first; click Load more to see the rest.

Click Filter in the dialog to carry your search over to the full search page.

The quick search dialog before you type, with the search examples and the Filter button

Search syntax

The examples in the dialog show what you can type:

  • vehicle - items mentioning the word, including close variants such as vehicles.

  • "vehicle mass" - the exact phrase.

  • vehicle -mass -weight - items with vehicle but without mass or weight.

  • title:vehicle - only match in the title.

  • content:mass - only match in the body text and other attributes.

You can also type an item's ID, such as REQ-42, and the item is ranked first.

Full search page

The full page adds filters. Open it with Filter in the quick search dialog. Type in the search box, then click Filter to add the same filters as in the table view: item type, attributes, creator, dates, deleted state, and so on. The result count updates as you change either. See Table view for what each filter does.

The search page with a search term entered and the Filter picker open

Semantic and keyword search

Search combines keyword search with semantic search, so you get both.

Keyword search matches the words you type against the title and content of every item, with word stems included. Semantic search, powered by AI, compares the meaning of your query with the meaning of each item, so it can surface items that are relevant or similar in meaning without using the same words.

Search results

Results are ranked by combining both scores. Exact keyword matches rank highest and are highlighted; items that are similar in meaning follow. Deleted items are not searched, and you only see items you have permission to read.

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