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Admin | Use operators

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I. Intro

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Notice: The operations described in this article are only applicable to the Lark Admin Console's Vault feature, which is now in beta.

When you perform a search query in Lark, you can use Boolean operators, search operators, and query statements to get more accurate search results. The available search operators vary depending on the service that you are using.

II. Steps

Boolean operators (AND, OR) must be capitalized, otherwise they will be treated as keywords.

Search operators must be in English. Even though search operators must be in English, they can be used to search for non-English words and phrases.

Add a colon (:) after the search operator (without any spaces) to search Docs and emails. For example, enter “search:keyword” when searching through emails.

If you want to enter multiple values with the same operator, enclose the values in parentheses. For example, if you want to search for an email that contains any keyword, enter “subject:(keyword1 OR keyword2)”.

Search chat messages

Task	Example	Search results
Find message text that contains a certain word or phrase	Hello AND "Good morning" Hello OR Goodbye	Contains "Hello" or "Good morning" in the message text Contains "Hello" or "Goodbye" in the message text

Search Docs

Task	Example	Search results
Search for keywords or phrases in Doc titles and the body of text	"Project weekly report" AND "Issue log" "Meeting minutes" OR "Project weekly report"	Contains "Project weekly report" and "Issue log" in the Doc’s title or body of text Contains "Meeting minutes" or "Project weekly report" in the Doc's title or body of text

Search emails

Operator	Operator description	Example	Search results
Do not use an operator	Search for keywords or phrases in the email subject, body of text, or attachment name If you are searching for a phrase, enclose the words in double quotation marks	Hello "Good morning"	Contains "Hello" in the email subject, body of text, or attachment name Contains "Good morning" in the email subject, body of text, or attachment name
Subject	Search for a keyword or phrase in the email subject	Subject:Hello Subject:"Good morning" Subject:(Hello AND “Good morning”) Subject:(Hello OR Goodbye)	Contains "Hello" in the email subject Contains "Good morning" in the email subject Contains "Hello" and "Good morning" in the email subject Contains "Hello" or "Goodbye" in the email subject
From	Find an email from a specified user	From: username1@xxx.com	Email sent by username1@xxx.com
To	Find an email sent to a specified user	To: username1@xxx.com	Email sent to username1@xxx.com
CC	Find an email cc’ed to a specified user	CC: username1@xxx.com	Email cc’ed to username1@xxx.com
BCC	Find an email bcc’ed to a specified user	BCC: username1@xxx.com	Email bcc’ed to username1@xxx.com
Filename	Find an email with an attachment of the specified name	Filename: document	An email that contains an attachment with the name "document"
Multiple operators	Find emails that meet multiple search criteria	From: username1@xxx.com AND Filename: document	The email sender is username1@xxx.com and the attachment name is “document”