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Here's how you can refine your search. Confluence will ignore common words like "the" unless you place your query within quotes. Exact phrase search To search for content that contains the exact phrase "chalk and cheese"
"chalk and cheese"
Or Search To search for content that contains one of the terms, "chalk" OR "cheese"
chalk OR cheese And Search To search for content that contains both the terms "chalk" AND "cheese"
chalk AND cheese Not search To search for content that contains "chalk" but NOT "cheese"
chalk NOT cheese Excluded Term search Similar to the NOT search, to search for content that contains "chalk" and "butter" but NOT "cheese"
chalk butter -cheese Grouping Search To search for content that MUST contain "chalk" but CAN contain either "cheese" or "butter" use the search:
(cheese OR butter) AND chalk Title Search To search for content with "chalk" in its title, where title is the field keyword.
title:chalk Wild card searches Single character To search for "butter" or "batter" you can use the search:
b?tter To search for "chicken" or "chickpea" you can use the search: chick*  Wildcards can be used anywhere within a word, except at the very beginning.For example: *chick is an invalid search term. Multiple characters To search for "chick" or "chickpea":
c*c* You can also combine search characters to get the exact word. For example the search term below will return "chick" yet not "chickpea": c*c? Proximity searches
"octagon post"~1
will return "Octagon blog post". "octagon post"~0
is an invalid search term. Range search
[adam to ben] Note: You can't use the AND keyword inside this statement.
Fuzzy search
To search for octagon, if unsure about spelling:
octogan~ will correctly return "octagon" Combined search You can also combine various search terms together:
o?tag* AND past~ AND ("blog" AND "post")
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Comments (17)
Nov 07, 2006
Gary Pullis says:
I've noticed that + seems to work too. AFAIK... Unknown macro: {nofofmat} chalk ...I've noticed that + seems to work too. AFAIK...
get you the same results.
Nov 07, 2006
Gary Pullis says:
Sorry about that. I meant to say... I've noticed that + seems to work too. AFAIK...Sorry about that. I meant to say...
I've noticed that + seems to work too. AFAIK...
and
get you the same results.
Gotta remember to hit that preview button before posting.
Jan 30, 2007
P. Payette says:
If wildcards are invalid at the beginning of the string, how can I sea...If wildcards are invalid at the beginning of the string, how can I search for *@domain.com ?
This would be useful to regroup emails coming from a particular source or client.
Feb 04, 2008
Roy Hartono says:
I found that underscore works the same as quotations. So if I am searching for t...I found that underscore works the same as quotations.
So if I am searching for the exact phrase for:
The following:
would return the same result.
Apr 09, 2008
Ankur Ojha says:
Hi, If I have a text on pages for e.g. tag1 this is some temp data tag1-end t...Hi,
If I have a text on pages for e.g.
tag1 this is some temp data tag1-end
tag2 this is some test data tag2-end
tag3 and this is dummy data tag3-end
and I want to searxh for "temp" which which lies between tag1 & tag1-end, what would be the query syntax ?
Something like : contentBody:"tag1*temp*tag1-end" ???
Thnx
Apr 10, 2008
Mei Yan Chan says:
Hi Ankur, Lucene will basically consider this, tag1*temp*tag1-end, as a full te...Hi Ankur,
Lucene will basically consider this, tag1*temp*tag1-end, as a full text and does not consider on other random characters. On the other hand, if you were to remove the quote, the hyphen from tag1-end, will be tokenized, hence, displaying results from pages consisting of tag1 and end as well.
Regards,
Mei
Jul 01
Rosie Piller says:
Hi, Noticed a couple of typos on this (otherwise excellent) wiki page, plu...Hi,
Noticed a couple of typos on this (otherwise excellent) wiki page, plus I had a question about usage.
First, notice the typo serch just ahead of the other typo, Mutliple, in Mutliple characters on this wiki page.
Also, regarding the following:
You can also combine search characters to get the exact word. For example the search term below will return "chic" yet not "chickpea":
c*c?
So does ? stand in for a single character but include no characters? I'm having mixed results. For example, I tried:
version?
and
JIRA?
and am getting far fewer results than I expect (based on previous searches).
Thanks, and don't forget about those typos!
Rosie
Jul 01
Sarah Maddox says:
Hallo Rosie Thank you for pointing out the typos. I've fixed them. I hope someo...Hallo Rosie
Thank you for pointing out the typos. I've fixed them. I hope someone else will pick up on your questions
Cheers — Sarah
Jul 07
Azwandi Mohd Aris says:
Hi Rosie, I believe the "?" character represents a single character, hence the ...Hi Rosie,
I believe the "?" character represents a single character, hence the line that reads
I have made the changes to this page. Thank you for pointing that out.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Jul 04
Andreas Ringdal says:
Is it possible to run a pure date search. I want to list all modified doc...Is it possible to run a pure date search.
I want to list all modified documents within the last week.
Andreas
Jul 07
Ming Giet Chong says:
Hi Andreas, Currently, Confluence doesn't supported this feature. However, ther...Hi Andreas,
Currently, Confluence doesn't supported this feature. However, there are few similar feature requests being raised at:
Please cast your vote and add yourself as a watcher for future updates to the reported request. Thanks.
Regards,
MG
Aug 02
Anonymous says:
Search by "user" or "author" How do I search by "user" or "author" Can't find i...Search by "user" or "author"
How do I search by "user" or "author"
Can't find it. I would like to know who authored what quickly.
Please let me know by emailing to gchutrau@gmail.com
Thank you
Aug 04
Azwandi Mohd Aris says:
Hi there, There is an improvement request at CONF-2328 to cater this requiremen...Hi there,
There is an improvement request at CONF-2328 to cater this requirement. Please note that this has been implemented in Confluence version 2.9, which is scheduled to be released in the near future. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Aug 13
James Kulbach says:
I have a user who has created pages with user defined fields with label in one f...I have a user who has created pages with user defined fields with label in one field, and the value in the next field, e.g. Colour and Size.
We're trying to figure out how to do a search to return Colour = Blue and Size = Large.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Aug 18
Tony Cheah Tong Nyee says:
Hi James, Confluence data is stored in fields which can be specified in the sea...Hi James,
Confluence data is stored in fields which can be specified in the search. To search a specific field, type the name of the field followed by a colon ':' and then the term you are looking for.For instance, if you are searching for the label with Blank and label with Green, you can try this :
For more information about Confluence search Fields, please see:
Regards,
Tony
Aug 22
Hamish Willee says:
Hi How do I search against a date? Specifically I'm trying to do this in an ad...Hi
How do I search against a date?
Specifically I'm trying to do this in an advanced search field, but can't work it out on standard search either
What I want to do is created date > something
ie created: >"29 Jul 2008"
Regards
H
Aug 28
Ming Giet Chong says:
Hi Hamish, This feature is not supported in Confluence currently. However, ther...Hi Hamish,
This feature is not supported in Confluence currently. However, there is a similar feature request being raised at:
Please cast your vote and add yourself as a watcher for future updates to the reported request. Thanks.
Regards,
MG
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