How do I make the advanced search in Confluence my default search engine?

Question

Hi Atlassian Community.

I have seen that when searching in Atlassian Documentation (Confluence), the default search set-up reflects the advanced search set-up.

How can I do the same in my company's confluence? Right now I need to click on 'advanced search', as the default search engine is very simple and not that usable. I want the advanced to be my default.

Best

Donika

Jonathan Thoms_9s9htg · Answer

Hi @Donika Pacolli You can work around this using a web browser like Chrome, which is what I do. Using Chrome, I can do a traditional advanced Confluence search (so that I can quickly traverse back to the search page to quickly find another page for the same search when a result I click doesn't have what I'm looking for) by simply typing `c<tab>` in Chrome's address bar. At the time of writing, you just go to Chrome's settings and select the option for "Search Engine", then drill down to "Manage Search Engines and Site Search". There should be a section for "Site Search" lower down in the results. Here you can add an entry for "Confluence" (or some other name of your choice) with a shortcut key of "c" (or a quick value of your choice), with a URL of something like "https://confluence.my.company.intranet.com/dosearchsite.action?queryString=%s". You can get the correct link yourself by doing an advanced search and copying the address URL from the search. When you search in the address bar, the `%s` URL parameter is replaced with a URL escaped version of your search result. The `dosearchsite.action` is currently the page for the advanced Confluence search.

I suspect other browsers have the similar functionality, but I just use Chrome so that's what I'm responding with here.

Hopefully this helps you. Cheers.

Robby Holtmann_IntraFind Software AG_ · Answer

Hi @Donika Pacolli

If you are interested in a high-quality search solution for Confluence, iFinder Confluence Search for Confluence Cloud is now available at Atlassian Marketplace. It helps even the confluence user without expert knowledge to search quite intuitively.

This AI-based enterprise search solution delivers top results based on linguistic analysis and offers many additional features. Also, a dashboard is available where you can find your previous searches, your saved searches, and favorites.

This articles may help you:

• iFinder Confluence Search

Let me know, if you need further information or like to get a demo first.

Best

Robby

Donika Pacolli · Answer

Hi @Connor

Thanks for getting back to me - I have come to the same conclusion.

I was just wondering after seeing the default search set-up for Atlassian Documentation (Confluence).

Have a good day.