Indexed fields

What: An Indexed Field enhances a search by restricting the search to a particular indexed field, where it can be a:

Convenience field calculated on indexing and stored for later use, like the Item Date field.

Specific property stored to make searching faster, like the Name field.

How: Prefix your search term with the field name followed by a colon (:).

Result: Restricts the search to only the content of the metadata property specified (whereas a Simple single search term searches both text content and metadata properties). For example, the search expression name:“nuix” locates items whose name contains the term "nuix" but will not locate items containing "nuix" only in its text content.

Caution: This search only works against the word that directly follows the colon. If you want to search for a phrase, you must enclose the phrase in quotes. For example, to search for "Options to sell" in the subject of an email or in the name of an item, use name:"Options to sell".

Classifications of indexed fields

Indexed fields are further classified based on the use of associated field attributes. These classifications and how you use their attributes for searching are explained in the following sections:

Common fields

Annotation fields

Communication fields

GUID fields

List-based fields