The search functionality in the Community enables you to find answers to your questions and find issues that do not have a solution, yet. Being familiar with the functionality will make your searches more efficient and yield more relevant results.
In this support article, we cover the following topics:
Before you start a discussion, use the search! Checking if someone has already answered your question can save you the time for creating a new post and waiting for a reply.
You can use the search box in multiple ways to obtain the results you expect.
Using a single word in the search field will return results that have that word in the subject, body, or label areas of a post.
Using multiple words in the search field will return results based on how the string of words are being used.
You can find the search box in multiple places, including to the left of your avatar and on the Google Cloud and Google Workspace subcommunity homepages.
Enter your search term in the text box.
You can search for topics, usernames, and more. Auto-suggest helps accelerate your search by displaying results, while you are typing search terms into the box. Browse the search results to find a potential match. When you see the post or user that you are looking for, simply click on the blue hyperlink.
You can refine your search by "All community", "Knowledge base", or "Users".
The Advanced Search option can help you narrow down your results further.
You can also select 'Hide Advanced' on the top right, if you wish to use the basic search, instead.
If you are an expert on a particular topic, you may want to find issues that have not been replied to, yet. You can surface these topics by using Advanced Search.