This page last changed on Aug 06, 2008 by smaddox.
The Search macro searches your Confluence site based on search terms specified in the macro code, and displays the results on the wiki page.
Usage
In the example below, we assume that you want to search for all pages and other content types which contain the term 'my_query'.
What you need to type |
What you will get |
{search:query=my_query} |
Found 9 search result(s) for my_query.
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You can refine your search query by using operators such as 'AND' and 'OR'. For example:
{search:query=my_query1 AND my_query2}
For more information, take a look at the documentation on the Confluence search syntax.
Optional Parameters
Here is a list of the optional parameters. There are further usage examples below.
No |
Parameter |
Default |
Description |
1 |
maxLimit |
no limit |
Set a limit to the number of search results displayed. |
2 |
spacekey |
all |
Specify the key of the space you want to search in. Note that this is case sensitive. |
3 |
type |
all |
Specify the content type. The content types are: page, comment, blogpost, attachment, userinfo, spacedesc, mail. |
4 |
lastModified |
all |
Specify a period of time in weeks, days, hours and/or minutes, to see the content modified within that time frame. For example:
- 2h 35m
- 3d 30m
These are the values you can use:
- w = weeks
- d = days
- h = hours
- m = minutes
If no time category is specified, Confluence assumes minutes.
If you specify more than one time period (e.g. weeks and days), the periods must be separated by a space and they can come in any order.
The time categories are not case sensitive e.g. '4d' is the same as '4D'.
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5 |
contributor |
all |
Specify the username of a Confluence user, to show only content created or updated by that user. |
1. Setting a limit to the number of search results displayed
Display a maximum of 20 results.
{search:query=my_query|maxLimit=20}
2. Specifying the key of the space you want to search
Global space: Search within the Doctemp space only.
{search:query=my_query|spacekey=Doctemp}
Personal space: Search within jsmith's space only.
{search:query=my_query|spacekey=~jsmith}
3. Specifying the content type
Search within comments only.
{search:query=my_query|type=comment}
4. Specifying a time period in which the content was last modified
Search for content modified in the last one week and two days.
{search:query=my_query|lastModified=1w 2d}
5. Limiting the search results to content created or modified by a specific user
Search within content created or updated by jsmith only.
{search:query=my_query|contributor=jsmith}
 | Permissions
When a user views the page containing the Search macro, the search results will show only pages and other content types for which the user has 'View' permission. |
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