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title: "Confluence Search"
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## Overview

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> Instant reports on content matching your criteria using workflow-managed content filters

Comala Document Management adds filters to Confluence search, letting you quickly locate workflow-managed content.

> ℹ️ This feature requires **Confluence 5.8 or above**.

## Adding filters

Navigate to the Confluence search page by typing something in the search box at the top of the page, then choose the **Enter** key.

Look for the **Add a filter** link in the sidebar and click it.

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Type "**work**" or "workflow" to list options for Comala Document Management workflow-managed content filters

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Choose the workflow-managed content filter required and a search item to filter your search.

![image](media://e1872a57-c305-4e3d-9972-c939c0cd3b5c)

 You can add as many filters as you want.

## Example

Here's an example of several filters in use.

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Those filters have the following effect:

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| `Workflow Approver is (Elle or Matilde Sipes)`<br>`and`<br>`Workflow Approval Assignee is Matilde Sipes`<br>`and`<br>`Workflow State is Approved`<br>`and`<br>`Workflow State Change was on Any date` |

## Available filters

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## Search results

The Confluence search only indexes the latest versions of content, so the search results always show the latest version regardless of workflow state.

If you are using **[Same-space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649794062)**, which distinguishes between "**Published**" and "**Draft**" versions of documents:

- The search results continue to show the latest version, but
- Content excerpts are removed if that version is not published

This happens regardless of whether you use the workflow search filters or not.

If this is a problem, use [Different-space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649957805) or [Remote-space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649728423) instead.

> 📝 <span style="color: #172b4d">If you are using metadata values created with the Comala Document Management </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**[set-metadata](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650251172)**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">[ macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650251172)</span><span style="color: #172b4d">, these are only indexed by Confluence and appear in the Confluence Search if the </span><span style="color: #172b4d">[Comala Metadata app](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM)</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> is installed.</span>

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649921636](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/649921636)

**Atlassian documentation**

- [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-field-reference/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-field-reference/)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-function-reference/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-function-reference/)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-keywords-reference/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-keywords-reference/)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-operators-reference/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/cql-operators-reference/)
- [https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/performing-text-searches-using-cql/](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/performing-text-searches-using-cql/)