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Using smart search - Amazon WorkDocs

Notice: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. Learn about migration steps here: How to migrate data from Amazon WorkDocs.

Notice: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. Learn about migration steps here: How to migrate data from Amazon WorkDocs.

Amazon WorkDocs smart search looks for search terms in all files that you have permissions for. By default, it searches file names, metadata, comments, labels, user names, and file owners. It also searches content within text-searchable files, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, .txt, JavaScript, and other code files. Choose the Advanced search option to view and select available search filters.

To use Amazon WorkDocs smart search
  1. In the Amazon WorkDocs web application, for Search, enter a partial or complete search term.

    1. Optionally, enter the AND or OR operators.

    2. Optionally, enclose the search term in quotation marks (for example, "search term") to limit search results to that exact search term.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Press Enter.

    • Choose Advanced to select search filters such as Locations, Time, or Resource Types, and then choose Search.

  3. The search results appear in the web application.

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