Searching challenges (again) :(

Shawn in Van

If I need to search for a specific string (e.g. ./idea) how do I accomplish this in Confluence?

I tried using quotes "./idea", and the regex method /.*./idea.*/ and both search methods yielded incorrect results. What I mean is that Confluence is finding every page with the word, "idea". I don't want that! I want Confluence to find the exact match for the above string. Anything else is meaningless. 

Is this type of search possible, in Confluence?

Meg Holbrook

Hi Shawn, 

Are you looking for a page with that exact name, a title, or other? You'll want to use the = modifier in addition to whatever 'field' you want to search.

Here's an example function in CQL: 

title = "./idea"

 CQL definitely isn't as robust as JQL, but I hope this helps!