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diff --git a/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md b/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md index 5435a9d027c..075c9b6154b 100644 --- a/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md +++ b/doc/user/search/advanced_search.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -stage: Enablement +stage: Data Stores group: Global Search info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments" type: reference @@ -9,27 +9,23 @@ type: reference > Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9. -NOTE: -This is the user documentation. To configure the Advanced Search, -visit the [administrator documentation](../../integration/elasticsearch.md). -Advanced Search is enabled in GitLab.com. +Advanced Search uses Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced search across the entire +GitLab instance. -GitLab Advanced Search expands on the Basic Search with an additional set of -features for faster, more advanced searches across the entire GitLab instance -when searching in: +Use Advanced Search when searching in: - Projects - Issues - Merge requests - Milestones -- Epics -- Comments +- Users +- Epics (when searching in a group only) - Code +- Comments - Commits -- Users - Wiki (except [group wikis](../project/wiki/group.md)) -The Advanced Search can be useful in various scenarios: +Advanced Search can be useful in various scenarios: - **Faster searches:** Advanced Search is based on Elasticsearch, which is a purpose-built full @@ -46,6 +42,13 @@ The Advanced Search can be useful in various scenarios: may be connected to each other, so your developers need to instantly search throughout the GitLab instance and find the code they search for. +## Configuring Advanced Search + +For self-managed GitLab instances, an administrator must +[configure Advanced Search](../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md). + +On GitLab.com, Advanced Search is enabled. + ## Advanced Search syntax See the documentation on [Advanced Search syntax](global_search/advanced_search_syntax.md). @@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ doesn't return any results for searches considered abusive according to the foll - Searches with less than 2 characters. - Searches with any term greater than 100 characters. URL search terms have a maximum of 200 characters. -- Searches with a stop word as the only term (ie: "the", "and", "if", etc.). +- Searches with a stop word as the only term (for example, "the", "and", "if", etc.). - Searches with a `group_id` or `project_id` parameter that is not completely numeric. - Searches with a `repository_ref` or `project_ref` parameter that has special characters not allowed by [Git refname](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ref-format). - Searches with a `scope` that is unknown. |