# Search an item

The **Filters Menu** is on the left hand side of the screen and can be used to **search** or **filter** for items in vaults.

**Search** and **Filters** can be **combined** to refine the search result.

Only[ ](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/10)**[Item Types](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/10)** and **Filters cannot** be **combined**.

### Filter Menu

You can also filter by **[Vault](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/19),[ Item Type](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/10)** or **[Folder](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/41)** from Filters Menu.

In the following example, click on the vault My vault and item type **Login** to return items of type **Login** in the folder My vault.

![](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-11/embedded-image-g0tkqwzj.png)

In the following example, click on the vault My vault and the folder Work to return all items in the folder Work and also in the vault My vault.

[![Filter on Folder and Vault.png](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-11/scaled-1680-/8rkfilter-on-folder-and-vault.png)](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-11/8rkfilter-on-folder-and-vault.png)

## Basic Search

This is available in **Mobile Apps**.

You can search on **the following indexed fields** in your items:

- **All Items**: name
- **Logins**: username, URI
- **Cards**: brand, last 4 digits of the card number
- **Identities**: name

**Leading** and **Trailing Wildcards** are included in Searches. For example, searching for googl will return items where the search fields contain google, googling or googlemail.

In this example, enter 21 in the **Search Field** to return all items where one of the fields being searched contains 21, in this case a **Card** item with 21 in the **last 4 digits of the card number**.

![](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-11/embedded-image-xcntwxlq.png)

<p class="callout info">Search results are **sorted** based on a **scoring algorithm**, based on the **number** of **fields** that a **search term** appears in.</p>

## Full-Text Search

This is available in the **Web Vault** and **Browser Extension**.

You can search on **the following indexed fields** in your items:

- **shortid**: This is the **1st 8 characters** of the **Item** **ID**
- **sharedvaultid:** This is the **Shared Vault ID**, for Items in a Shared Vault
- **name**: Item **Name**
- **subtitle**: This depends on the Item Type. It can be **Username**, **Login**, **Last 4 digits of Card Number**, **Card Brand** or **Identity Name**.
- **notes**: **Notes** field of an Item. Matches on **full words only unless wildcards** are used.
- **fields**: This is the **Name or Value** in Custom Fields. It is only available for **Custom Fields** of type **Text**
- **attachments**: This is the **Name** of a File that is **attached** to an Item.
- **login.username**: This is the **Username** of a **Login Item**
- **login.uris**: This is the **URI Hostname** of a **Login Item**

In this example, enter 21 in the **Search Field** to return all items where one of the fields being searched contains 21, in this case a **Card** item with 21 in the **last 4 digits of the card number**.

![](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-11/embedded-image-xcntwxlq.png)

<p class="callout info">Search results are **sorted** based on a **scoring algorithm**, based on the **number** of **fields** that a **search term** appears in.</p>

<p class="callout info">**If no results** are **found** using a Full-Text Search, WALLIX Vault will use **Basic Search**.</p>

#### Special Search Parameters

Various wildcards and parameters can be used to make the search more specific:

- [Leading and Trailing Wildcards ](https://vault-doc.wallix.com/link/21#bkmrk-leading-and-trailing)
- Other Wildcards: 
    - &gt;fieldname searches only on that field name
    - &gt;-fieldname searches on all fields except that field name
    - \* searches everything
    - &gt;fieldname:search term searches for that search term in that fieldname
- Search parameters available in **[Lunr js](https://lunrjs.com/guides/searching.html)**, like **Term Presence** or **Fuzzy Matching**. 
    - + prefix indicates that what follows **must be contained** in the search results
    - - prefix indicates that what follows **must not be contained** in the search results
    - ~ prefix is used for **Fuzzy Matching**.

#### Some examples include

- &gt;googl returns all items that **start with** googl
- &gt;name:Google will return all Items where **name equals** Google
- &gt;-name:Google will return all Items where **name does not equal** Google
- &gt;-login.username:\*@hotmail.com will return all Items where of type **Login** where the **Username starts with** @hotmail.com

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