Object Explorer supports search across all objects and their properties. To help you find what you need, this page describes search syntax for the global search bar.
By default, individual words entered into the search bar will be searched for independently of each other. For example, searching yellow cab will return all objects with property values that match either yellow or cab.
This behavior can be altered using quotation marks. Searching Object Explorer for "yellow cab" will return all objects that have the exact phrase yellow cab in one or more property values. Searching for phrases like this will typically yield fewer results than searching for individual words.
The operators NOT, AND, and OR can be used to enhance text search in Object Explorer.
Use AND and OR as join operators to compound two different search criteria. Specifically, you can use AND to search for an item that satisfies both criteria, while OR searches for those that satisfy at least one criterion. For example, to search for taxi rides that involve both Manhattan and Brooklyn, you can search for Manhattan AND Brooklyn. Similarly, to search for taxi rides that involve either Manhattan or Brooklyn, search for Manhattan OR Brooklyn.
Unlike the join operators applied to multiple criteria at once (such as dogs AND cats or vanilla OR chocolate), the NOT operator applies to a single criteria to search for elements that do not satisfy the criteria.
For example, if you search for NOT Brooklyn, then Object Explorer returns results for all searches except those that mention Brooklyn. The NOT operator can also be applied to compounded criteria. Alternatively, searching for NOT (Manhattan OR Brooklyn) returns all search results except those that mention Brooklyn or Manhattan.
Phrases created using quotation marks can also be incorporated into a search. For example, "yellow cab" AND Manhattan is a valid expression.
Logical operators can also be structured into more complex expressions using parentheses. For example, this search returns objects which do not reference Manhattan but do reference either yellow or green cabs: ("yellow cab" OR "green cab") AND (NOT Manhattan).
?: A question mark can be used to replace a single character
qu?ck would return results for quick, quack, qu4ck, and so on*: An asterisk can be used to replace zero or more characters
bro* would return results for bro, brother, broadcasting, and so onIt is impossible to search Object Explorer for terms with both a "leading" and "trailing" wildcard, meaning a term that begins and ends with *, such as *row*. If you need to perform queries of this kind, consider using an alternative tool such as Contour.
Use the ~ operator at the end of a search term to perform a "fuzzy" match for similar terms and also exact matches. For example, quikc~ would return results for quick and quack.