How searching in Tettra works
Tettra's search function helps users find their documentation through the use of keywords.
There is an auto-suggest and filter-by-category feature, which helps speed up searching and pinpoint content fast.
How to search in Tettra
When you click in the search bar, you'll see the search modal pop up with a list of the top suggested results.
Use the keyboard shortcut for search! Command-K on a Mac or Control-K on a PC.
Click Ask question to turn your search into a question. Learn more about AI answers in our article How to ask question in the Tettra web app.
Advanced Search
Click on Advanced search to see more options. In addition to seeing the owner of the page, its location, and the last-updated date, you can interact with your search results in four ways:
- Click on Questions, Page requests, or Links to see results only in those categories.
- Toggle between Published and Archived to Search Archived Content.
- View the title and content summary of results with the search term highlighted.
- Click on a category to view only results in that category. (Deselect a category by clicking it again.)
Understanding searchable content in Tettra
What is included in the search?
Tettra's search does look for: | Tettra's search does not look for: |
page titles and headers | comments on a page |
all page content | content in attached files |
tables in pages | content in embedded resources, or iFrames |
file attachment names | templates |
external link names | the body content of external documents |
questions and answers | category and subcategory titles |
page requests | archived content |
Search details
Priority of search results
Search results are given priority based on the following order:
1. Page title matches
2. Header matches in descending order from H1 to H3
3. Content on a page
Multi-word searches
Tettra displays results only if both terms are located in the same paragraph or table cell.
Typos!
Tettra will allow you a couple of typos and still find what you're looking for:
Depending on word length, one or two mistyped characters are allowed.
Supported languages
All languages/characters are supported so long as they match the language/characters of your documentation.