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# Advanced Search **(PREMIUM)**
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> Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9.
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You can use Advanced Search for faster, more efficient search across the entire GitLab
instance. Advanced Search is based on Elasticsearch, a purpose-built full-text search
engine you can horizontally scale to get results in up to a second in most cases.
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You can find code you want to update in all projects at once to save
maintenance time and promote innersourcing.
You can use Advanced Search in:
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- Projects
- Issues
- Merge requests
- Milestones
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- Users
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- Epics (in groups only)
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- Code
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- Comments
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- Commits
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- Project wikis (not [group wikis ](../project/wiki/group.md ))
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## Configure Advanced Search
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- On GitLab.com, Advanced Search is enabled for groups with paid subscriptions.
- For self-managed GitLab instances, an administrator must
[configure Advanced Search ](../../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md ).
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## Syntax
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Advanced Search uses [Elasticsearch syntax ](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-simple-query-string-query.html#simple-query-string-syntax ). The syntax supports both exact and fuzzy search queries.
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| Syntax | Description | Example |
|--------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `"` | Exact search | [`"gem sidekiq"` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&scope=blobs&search=%22gem+sidekiq%22 ) |
| < code > | </ code > | Or | [<code>display | banner</code> ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&scope=blobs&search=display+%7C+banner ) |
| `+` | And | [`display +banner` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=display+%2Bbanner&snippets= ) |
| `-` | Exclude | [`display -banner` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&scope=blobs&search=display+-banner ) |
| `*` | Partial | [`bug error 50*` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=bug+error+50%2A&snippets= ) |
| `\` | Escape | [`\*md` ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=%5C*md&group_id=9970&project_id=278964 ) |
| `#` | Issue ID | [`#23456` ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=&scope=issues&repository_ref=&search=%2323456&group_id=9970&project_id=278964 ) |
| `!` | Merge request ID | [`!23456` ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=&scope=merge_requests&repository_ref=&search=%2123456&group_id=9970&project_id=278964 ) |
### Code search
| Syntax | Description | Example |
|--------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `filename:` | Filename | [`filename:*spec.rb` ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=filename%3A*spec.rb&group_id=9970&project_id=278964 ) |
| `path:` | Repository location | [`path:spec/workers/` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=path%3Aspec%2Fworkers&snippets= ) |
| `extension:` | File extension without `.` | [`extension:js` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=extension%3Ajs&snippets= ) |
| `blob:` | Git object ID | [`blob:998707*` ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=false&scope=blobs&repository_ref=&search=blob%3A998707*&group_id=9970 ) |
`extension:` and `blob:` return exact matches only.
### Examples
| Query | Description |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [`rails -filename:gemfile.lock` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=rails+-filename%3Agemfile.lock&snippets= ) | Returns `rails` in all files except the `gemfile.lock` file. |
| [`RSpec.describe Resolvers -*builder` ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&scope=blobs&search=RSpec.describe+Resolvers+-*builder ) | Returns `RSpec.describe Resolvers` that does not start with `builder` . |
| [<code>bug | (display +banner)</code> ](https://gitlab.com/search?snippets=&scope=issues&repository_ref=&search=bug+%7C+%28display+%2Bbanner%29&group_id=9970&project_id=278964 ) | Returns `bug` or both `display` and `banner` . |
| [<code>helper -extension:yml -extension:js</code> ](https://gitlab.com/search?group_id=9970&project_id=278964&repository_ref=&scope=blobs&search=helper+-extension%3Ayml+-extension%3Ajs&snippets= ) | Returns `helper` in all files except files with a `.yml` or `.js` extension. |
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