I. Function overview

Feishu Search allows you to quickly find contacts, messages, groups, documents, apps, events, or other information. You can make a global search in quick search, or search for historical messages, events, emails, or other types of content in specific modules such as Messages, Docs, or Email.

II. Procedure

1.Search on Feishu desktop client

Global search

•On Feishu desktop, click the search bar in the upper-right, or use the shortcut Command or Control + K. This is default shortcut can be modified in settings.

•Enter a keyword to search, such as user, group, document, or app name.

•Search results will be displayed in the Top Results category. For specific information, such as a message, a document, or an event, click the corresponding category to search.

•Enter the mobile phone number or staff ID to search for contacts. To activate this function you need to complete relevant settings in Admin. To know more, visit Set fields and filters for internal member searches.

Search by category

Searching by category enables you to find specific type of content more precisely. When you make a search in the Messages category, you can see the context of each message in the chat to determine whether the message is what you need.

•Click the search bar and select the content type under the input box, such as Messages.

•Enter a keyword and the search results containing that keyword will be displayed.

•Click a message in the search result list, and a preview of the message context will be displayed.

•You can click Open the chat in the preview pane to go to the chat.

Set filters

You can set filters for Messages, Docs, Events, or other modules to find exactly what you need.

•Click in the search bar and select the Docs, for example.

•Click Filters in the upper-right corner to open the filter options page.

•Set the document owner, chat, type, last time viewed and other filtering conditions.

•Click Apply to apply the conditions and narrow down your search results.

Note: You can follow a similar procedure to set filters for Message and Event searches.

In-chat searches

You can also search for a historical messages by category within a chat.

•Open a chat on Feishu desktop and click Search in the right sidebar of the chat window.

•Enter a keyword and select Messages, Docs, Files, Photos, or Links as the category.

•Hover the cursor over the search result, and click the View in Chat button to be redirected to the message in the chat.

•When searching for messages or documents, use Advanced Search to jump to the corresponding category on the global search page where you can set filters to further narrow down the search.

Searches on functional pages

The main interfaces of the features on the left navigation bar, such as Calendar and Email, all contain a search bar in the upper-left corner. You can click in the search bar to make searches by category.

2.Search on mobile

Click the Search box at the top to search for messages, Docs, groups, apps, events, and more.

•Search for keywords and the system will return the best results for you. The top three results are displayed in the You may look for area.

•You can Search by type and choose the Messages, Docs, Wiki, Groups, Help Desk, Apps, or Events tabs to narrow down your search. Results are displayed in descending order according to how well they match your keywords. You can click See more to view more results.

•Click a search result to see your keywords located in a specific chat, document, etc.