Search documents

Search with the main search bar and configure settings to display your search's results.

You must have added documents in Datashare before. Check how for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Search bar

Expand the menu to go to 'Search' > 'Documents':

Make room by closing the menu:

Type terms in the search bar and press Enter:

Default operator is OR

If you type several terms separated by space, as the default operator is OR, Datashare will search for all documents containing at least one of the searched terms.

For instance, Datashare finds documents containing either 'ikea' or 'paris' or both terms here:

Linked entities

As you type a term, Datashare suggest linked entities - only if a task to find entities in this project was completed.

Press Esc on your keyboard to close the dropdown or click on one of the entities to replace your term in the search bar:

Search in a field

Search within a specific field only, by using the dropdown 'All fields':

Search breadcrumb

To see your queries in the search breadcrumb, click on the icon on the left of the search bar:

If you'd like to remove all searched terms from the search bar, click 'Clear query':

Results settings

To change the page settings, click the Settings icon on the top right:

You can change Sort by, Documents per page, Layout and also Properties:

Ticking these properties will change which document's metadata are displayed in the results, in the document cards, in all 3 layouts (List, Grid, Table):

You can now make your search more precise with operators or Regex (Regular Expressions).