Which operators can I use when searching for projects and themes?

The search dialog in the NEXT app allows users to search for users, projects, and themes. The search dialog returns results that match on all provided keywords.

This page explains the additional options to refine searches, which is typically used by advanced users.

Search only in specific fields

Searching in the NEXT app by default searches through all searchable content, which is organized as "fields" inside each of the entities such as projects and themes. You can restrict searching to specific fields to reduce the number of unintended matches.

For example, if you want to find all projects that have the word "e-commerce" in their name, you can use this search expression:

name:e-commerce

Those are the available special fields:

Cross-entity fields

Field	Use	Examples
is	Type of entity	is:project is:theme is:user

Project fields

Field	Use	Examples
name	Name of the project	name:new
labels	Labels assigned to a project	labels:digitialization
status	Status of a project	status:completed status:active status:paused
theme	Name of the theme of the project	theme:ecommerce
member	Project member	member:John
lead	Project lead	lead:[e-mail]
participant	Project participant	participant:"Tom E"
sponsor	Project sponsor	sponsor:Thijs
follower	Project follower	follower:Jane

Theme fields

Field	Use	Examples
name	Name of the theme	name:ecommerce

User fields

Field	Use	Examples
display_name	Display name of the user	display_name:Joe
full_name	Full name of the user	full_name:Joe
email	Email address of the user	email:example.com

 

Quoting

You can use double-quotes to search for content with spaces, for example:

is:theme "Consumer Satisfaction"

This would search for all themes that match "Customer Satisfaction" in their name.

Requiring fields to match

By prefixing a "+" (the plus character) to an element in the search expression you can make this element required.

+status:completed e-commerce

This would search for anything with a status of completed (i.e. a project), and the term "e-commerce" matching in any field.