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About Search Operators
With Onna you can search across all your data and metadata. Search operators help you refine your searches so results are more relevant.
Onna’s search feature offers a real-time syntax check to confirm that the syntax of your query is correct. As you type your search queries correct syntax is underlined in green, while incorrect syntax is underlined in red.
This article provides a list of the available search operators and some tips on how to get the best results when you use them.
Onna Search Operators
When using operators, avoid using delimiters such as "-", "|", space, etc. in the search string because they tend to break them into different strings. For example, "2020-1234" may be interpreted as searching for "2020" and "1234".
To Search For |
Use the Operator |
Example |
It’s Also Worth Knowing |
An exact match of a term or phrase |
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All documents containing the exact phrase |
❗ Avoid using single quotes |
Exclude results from search |
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All documents that contain |
❗ This search operator is case-sensitive |
Terms together |
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Searches for all data that contains both terms |
📔 In boolean, a white space is a substitute for
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Non-exclusive terms |
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Searches for data that contains only |
❗ This search operator is case-sensitive |
Variants (trailing wildcard) |
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Searches for data that contains variants that start with |
❗The wildcard search operator is only supported at the end of a query (trailing) ❗Wildcards cannot be nested in the search query ❗Only one wildcard can be used within a search query ❗It is suggested to use less than 10 characters before the asterisk. |
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Specific file extensions |
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📔 Watch out for shortened extensions. |
Data before a certain date |
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Searches any data containing |
💚 Combine it with ❗`before` must be typed in all lower-case letters for this operator to work correctly. |
Data after a certain date |
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Searches any data containing |
💚 Combine it with ❗`after` must be typed in all lower-case letters for this operator to work correctly. |
Terms near each other |
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Searches any data containing the terms |
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Attachments |
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Searches for attachments containing the terms |
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Archived data |
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Searches all data that has been deleted in your source application but has been archived by Onna and that contains the terms |
❗ This search operator only works if you’re syncing your data using the auto-sync and archive mode, which is only available for some applications. |
Shared data |
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Searches for data that is shared among users in your source application. |
❗ This search operator only works with our Slack Enterprise, Box Enterprise, and Dropbox Business connectors. |
Terms in titles or subjects |
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Searches for data that has the term |
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Visit the Search FAQ page to learn more about searching in Onna.