Refine a search with advanced categories operators

Modified on Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 09:29 AM

Common operators
Example
@category

Finds items within a specific search category.

Use the @category operator to search for items within a specific search category.

The category could be All, Files, Emails, Contacts, Organizer, History, Favorites, Pictures, Music, Videos.

@category=Files

@category=emails

NOT @category=music

@date

Finds items with a specific date.

Use the @date operator to search for items with a specific date.

The date must be formatted using the local short date pattern.

@date=2018-04-17

@date>=2010/01/01 AND @date<2015/12/01

@date="Thursday 9-feb-17"

@issubdocument

Finds sub-document items only.

Use the @issubdocument operator to search for items that are inside other items only. Usefull to search items inside archive files (ex: zip files) or in email attachments.

@issubdocument=True

@issubdocument=false

@hassubdocument

Finds items containing sub-document.

Use the @hassubdocument operator to search for items that contains other items. Usefull to search archive files (ex: zip files) or email containing attachments.

@hassubdocument=True

@hassubdocument=false

@filename

Finds items with a specific file name.

Use the @filename operator to search for items with a specific file name. The file name could be a part of the name or the complete name with file extension.

@filename=filename

@filename=filename.txt

@filename="some file name.txt"

@filetype

Finds items with a specific file type.

Use the @filetype operator to search for items with a specific file type. The file type is the file extension. You could search for more that one file type at a time using multiple @filetype operators separated by the OR operator.

@filetype=txt

@filetype=.txt OR @filetype=.doc OR @filetype=.pdf

@size

Finds items with a specific file size.

Use the @size operator to search for items of a specific file size. The file size is specified using the Bytes, Kilobytes, Kb, Megabytes, Mb, Gigabytes or Gb qualifiers.

@size=25 Kilobytes

@size>=1024 Mb

@size>1024kb AND @size<=1024 megabytes

@filefolder

Finds items contains inside a specific folder.

Use the @filefolder operator to search for items that are contains inside a specific folder.

@filefolder=C:\FolderName

@filefolder="C:\FolderName\Sub Folder Name"

Mailer common operators
Example
@subject

Finds emails for a specific subject.

Use the @subject operator to search for emails with a specific subject.

@subject="Some Subject"

@subject=Subject

@importance

Finds emails of a specific importance.

Use the @importance operator to search for emails of a specific importance. The importance is set using the Low, Normal or High qualifiers.

@importance=Low

@importance=normal

@importance=high

Email
Example

@from

Finds emails for a specific sender.

Use the @from operator to search for emails for a specific sender. The sender name could be the person name or the email address.

@from="Sender Name"

@from=Name

@from=sendername@company.com

@to

Finds emails for a specific receiver.

Use the @to operator to search for emails for a specific receiver. The receiver name could be the person name or the email address.

@to="Receiver name"

@to=Name

@to=receivername@company.com

@mailer

Finds emails from a specific mailer program.

Use the @mailer operator to search for emails inside a specific email program.

The mailer could be OutlookEmail, Microsoft365Mail, PstEmail, EudoraEmail, EudoraOseEmail, ThunderbirdEmail, WindowsMailEmail, LotusNotesEmail.

@mailer=OutlookEmail

@mailer=lotusnotesemail

Contacts
Example

@name

Finds contacts with a specific name.

Use the @name operator to search for contacts with a specific name.

@name="Contact Name"

@name=Name

@company

Finds contacts for a specific company name.

Use the @company operator to search for contacts for a specific company name.

@company="Company Name"

@company=Name

@mailer

Finds contacts from a specific mailer program.

Use the @mailer operator to search for contacts inside a specific email program.

The mailer could be OutlookContact, Microsoft365Contact, OutlookGlobalAddressList, PstContact, EudoraOseContact, ThunderbirdContact, WindowsContact, LotusNotesContact.

@mailer=OutlookContact

@mailer=thunderbirdcontact

Organizer
Example

@meetingattendee

Finds organizer items for a specific attendee name.

Use the @meetingattendee operator to search for organizer items for a specific attendee. The attendee name could be the person name or the email address .

@meetingattendee="Attendee Name"

@meetingattendee=Name

@meetingattendee=attendeename@company.com

@meetingorganizer

Finds organizer items for a specific organizer person name.

Use the @meetingorganizer operator to search for organizer items of a specific organizer. The organizer name could be the person name or the email address .

@meetingorganizer="Organizer name"

@meetingorganizer=Name

@meetingorganizer>=organizername@company.com

@organizertype

Finds organizer items for a specific organizer type.

Use the @organizertype operator to search for organizer items of a specific type. The organizer type could be Meeting, Task or Note.

@organizertype=Meeting

@organizertype=task

@organizertype=note

@mailer

Finds organizer items from a specific mailer program.

Use the @mailer operator to search for organizer items inside a specific email program.

The mailer could be OutlookMeeting, OutlookTask, OutlookNote, Microsoft365Task, Microsoft365Note, PstMeeting, PstTask, PstNote.

@mailer=OutlookMeeting

@mailer=psttask

History and Favorites
Example

@website

Finds Web history/favorites for a specific site.

Use the @website operator to search for Web history/favorites for a specific site.

@website=www.website.com

@website=WebSiteName

@browser

Finds Web history/favorites for a specific Web browser.

Use the @browser operator to search for Web history/favorites for a specific Web browser. The Web browsers choices could be Chrome, Firefox or InternetExplorer.

@browser=Chrome

@browser=Firefox

@browser=InternetExplorer

Picture
Example

@pictureresolution

Finds pictures for a specific resolution.

Use the @pictureresolution operator to search for pictures of a specific resolution. The resolution is specified in megapixel using the MP or MegaPixel qualifiers.

@pictureresolution=2 MP

@pictureresolution=2 MegaPixel

@pictureresolution>=2 MP

@pictureresolution<2 MegaPixel

Music and Video common Operators
Example

@title

Finds a music/video title.

Use the @title operator to search for music/video with a specific title.

@title=Title

@title="Track Title"

@artist

Finds music/video for a specific artist.

Use the @artist operator to search for music/video of a specific artist.

@artist=Artist

@artist="Artist Name"

@genre

Finds music/video of a specific genre.

Use the @genre operator to search for music/video of a specific genre.

@genre="Progressive Rock"

@genre=Jazz

Music
Example

@album

Finds a specific music album.

Use the @album operator to search for music of a specific album.

@album=Title

@album="Album Title"

@artist

Finds music for a specific artist.

Use the @artist operator to search for music of a specific artist.

@artist=Artist

@artist="Artist Name"

@musicduration

Finds music for a specific duration.

Use the @musicduration operator to search for music of a specific duration. The duration is specified using the S, Seconds, M, Minutes, H or Hours qualifiers.

@musicduration=30s

@musicduration=30 seconds

@musicduration=2 M

@musicduration>2 minutes

@musicduration>=5 M AND @musicduration<=20 minutes

Video
Example

@videoduration

Finds videos for a specific duration.

Use the @videoduration operator to search for videos of a specific duration. The duration is specified using the S, Seconds, M, Minutes, H or Hours qualifiers.

@videoduration=30s

@videoduration=30 seconds

@videoduration=2 M

@videoduration=2minutes

@videoduration=2h

@videoduration>=2 Hours

@videoresolution

Finds videos for a specific resolution.

Use the @videoresolution operator to search for videos of a specific resolution. The resolution is specified using predefined size resolutions. Qualifiers are: 240, 360, 480, 720, 1080, 4K, 8K.

@videoresolution=1080

@videoresolution>4K

@videoresolution>=720 

AND @videoresolution<=1080

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