What is searched
- Every message in every public channel you are a member of.
- Private channels you belong to.
- Your own direct messages.
- File names, though not file contents.
Search never returns something you could not otherwise read. That is the correct behaviour and it is also the explanation for the most common confusion in the module: a colleague quotes a message you cannot find, because it is in a private channel you are not in.
Search
"deposit return" — 6 results
I think TFR 88213 was the deposit return on the old office.
Categorising it as a transfer then, with a note.
Landlord confirmed the deposit return is coming this month.
Searching well
| Looking for | Try |
|---|---|
| A decision | The thing decided about, plus a filter on the channel where it would have been discussed. |
| Something somebody said | Filter by person and narrow the date range. |
| A file | The file name. Contents are not indexed. |
| A number | Search the surrounding words instead — figures are quoted inconsistently. |
Decisions attached to work usually live in task comments rather than in chat, and Projects search covers those including archived projects.
What this does not do
File names only.
Chat search covers Chat.
Nothing is stored between visits.
Results are read, not downloaded.
Questions
Can admins search everything?
The product does not expose a global search across private conversations.
Does search include deleted messages?
No.
How far back does it go?
The full history of the workspace.