Advanced Search

Advanced Search in Contentstack enables precise, field-level searches on entries and assets, allowing you to find exactly what you need with minimal effort. This feature enhances your search capabilities by applying multiple conditions and leveraging complex logic to refine your results.

Note: Basic Search and Advanced Search cannot be used together. If both are applied, the Advanced Search query will override the Basic Search.

To conduct an advanced search, log in to your Contentstack account and perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to your stack and select the “Entries” or “Assets” module.
2. Click the Advanced Search button next to the search bar.
   
3. By default, you’ll see Match All Conditions, but you can switch to Match Any Conditions if needed.
4. Configure your search query:
   1. Content Type or Field: Select from options like Content Type, Published Environment, Published At, Published By, Language, Modified At, Modified By, Created At, Created By, UID, and Tag.
   2. Operator: Select an operator depending on the data type of the selected field.

      Additional Resource: Refer to our documentation on Supported Operators for Various Data Types for more information.

   3. Value: Enter or select the appropriate value based on the field and operator.
5. To add multiple search queries, click + New Condition.

   Note: All conditions or queries added at the same level must use either the ALL operator or the ANY operator—mixing both is not supported.

6. To build complex queries and refine your search, click the + New Sub-condition button. You will see a nested block, within which you can build your query in the same way as explained above.
7. Once satisfied with your query, click the Search button in the top-right corner.

   

8. You can also modify your query and search again. To do that, click Modify Advanced Search.
   
9. To remove specific query levels, click the Remove button across each query.
10. Click Reset to reset your search query.