Searching
To do a search, write one or more search words to the search bar and click the magnifying glass icon
(
) or press Enter. You can then use the filters to refine your search results. You can
filter, for example, by file extension, object type, or repository. If you do a search when you are in a
view, such as Marketing documents, M-Files shows the view as a
filter.
M-Files shows all the objects that contain at least one of the searched words. To search for an exact match of the searched words, add double quotes (") to the start and end of the search term.
Suggested search filters
M-Files automatically suggests search filters for you when you write a search term to the search bar.
In the Add filters list, click a filter condition to use it in your search. Enter another search term to add more filters. If you cannot see a suitable filter, try to edit your search term.
In the Selected filters list, you can see the filters that
will be used in your search. Click the cross icon (
) next to the
filter to remove it, or click Clear selected filters to remove all the added
filters.
How are the suggestions created?
The suggested filters are created with M-Files metadata. In other words, they do not use document content. For more information, refer to Configuring Automatically Created Search Filters for M-Files Web.
Admin aid
Refer to Configuring Automatically Created Search Filters for M-Files Web for information about how to change the behavior of this feature.