# Squadcast Search

### Basic commands <a href="#basic-commands" id="basic-commands"></a>

Search requires some basic commands to work with.

* Once in search, autocompletes can be provided with <mark style="color:red;">`Tab`</mark>
* Use <mark style="color:red;">`CTRL + SPACE`</mark> to view autocomplete
* Access search helps within search by typing in <mark style="color:red;">`?:`</mark>
* To execute a command use <mark style="color:red;">`CMD + ENTER`</mark> for Mac and <mark style="color:red;">`CTRL + ENTER`</mark> for Windows

![Squadcast search basic commands](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-03361efef4d69fb79de7070f4ae2e86288d94083%2Fsearch_gb_2.png?alt=media)

### goto <a href="#goto" id="goto"></a>

<mark style="color:red;">`goto`</mark> enables *instant navigation* when used along with <mark style="color:red;">`profile`</mark>.

* Activate the global search bar using <mark style="color:red;">`CMD/CTRL + SHIFT + K`</mark>
* Type in <mark style="color:red;">`goto`</mark> and enter
* Type in <mark style="color:red;">`profile`</mark> and then search for users by their email address
* <mark style="color:orange;">`CMD/CTRL + Return/Enter`</mark> to navigate to the user’s profile

<div><figure><img src="https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3496fd78848219bdf6f4b00c7d331fabf3a3a748%2Fsearch_2.png?alt=media" alt="Squadcast search goto commands"><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure><img src="https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1e1380967f3da7eabc29ac67a1ac6a276fefe88e%2Fsearch_3.png?alt=media" alt="Squadcast search goto commands"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

### Help <a href="#help" id="help"></a>

Now you can navigate to alert source integration documents directly through the search. Type in <mark style="color:red;">`help:`</mark> and then the keyword or name of the documentation you want to search for.

![Squadcast search help commands](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7c2c0ad72d8128fe31bc201144ed5f89d4134f5d%2Fsearch_gb_1.png?alt=media)

### Search through Incidents <a href="#search-through-incidents" id="search-through-incidents"></a>

Search incidents with queries. We support a set of tokens to fine-tune the results. Supported tokens can be viewed in the search help by typing <mark style="color:red;">`?:`</mark>

![Search incidents with queries](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-622168d4faf91c742ab1e868d6b0b54b8b1e5521%2Fsearch_gb_3.png?alt=media)

### Search through Postmortems <a href="#search-through-postmortems" id="search-through-postmortems"></a>

Search postmortems with queries from the **Global Search Bar**

We support a set of tokens to fine-tune the results. Supported tokens can be viewed in the search help by typing <mark style="color:orange;">`?:`</mark>

![](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b31078771e7de9cf66d9a97233e5db4a49697166%2Fsearch_gb_4.png?alt=media)

You can search for **Postmortems** through **Postmortem Title**, **Postmortem Content**, **Impacted Service**, **Created After**, and **Created Before**.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note: The `message`** **query**

The <mark style="color:red;">`message`</mark> query looks for a string match in the Incident Title and the Postmortem Content.
{% endhint %}

Example Use Case:

I want to look for a postmortem that contains the string <mark style="color:red;">`JIRA`</mark> in its Incident Message.

* Type in <mark style="color:red;">`?:`</mark> if you want to look up the query token
* Type <mark style="color:red;">`in: postmortems message "jira"`</mark>
* Hit <mark style="color:red;">`Command + Enter`</mark>

Your search results that match this query will be populated as shown below

![Squadcast search result](https://1574591692-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8TaWz01jmUJl58p4ZVel%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-45207fc155c9eb97bddb216a017b2a797a46b9b4%2Fsearch_gb_5.png?alt=media)

Search also provides history of queries. Search history is specific to a user with respect to the Organization.

*Have any questions?* [*Ask the community*](https://community.squadcast.com/view/home)*.*