You can apply the following tips to improve your search results.
Search Tools
| Search | Scope |
|---|---|
| Left nav bar | Examine content in the current page and those below it. |
| Top search bar or Left search bar | Search current area of docs. |
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Search by Labels
Documentation pages are augmented with page labels, which provide a method for categorization of content.
Tip: Page labels are listed as Popular Categories on the home page of your documentation.
Use the following syntax in the search bar to look for content based on page labels:
labelText:My_Favorite_Label
Search Syntax
NOTE: Some words, such as the and of are ignored, since they are not indexed.
Single-character and multi-character wildcards are supported:
dimension dimension? *dimension* d?mensi?n
Add a tilde (
~) to search for terms if you are unsure of the spelling:dimenshan~
Use double quotes for greater precision:
"happy cat"
You can use logical operators in your search terms:
beans OR cheese beans AND cheese beans NOT cheese
You can group terms:
(beans or cheese) NOT rice
Other types of searches
By article titles:
title:My Page Title
By page labels:
labelText:transform AND unnest
For more information on these types of searches, see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Search+Fields.
Other Resources
These tips and more are available at https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Search+Syntax.
Confluence search is built on the Lucene search engine. For more information, see http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/01/15/lucene.html?page=2.
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