Query language

Enter your query in the search bar at the bottom of any Commander tab.

A simple search term consists of three parts:

= Field Operator Value

For example, the query:

 = text ~ flight 

shows all ads containing the word flight in the Text column.

Start entering your search term following the = symbol. When you do this, the icon appears in the search bar. You can choose field and operator names from the popups.

When entering field names and values, please keep in mind:

• The input is not case sensitive.

• If the field name or value consists of multiple words separated by spaces, enclose it in inverted commas:

  = "Title 1" = "Space travel"

• If you need to find a substring that itself contains inverted commas, use the \ character:

  = "Title 1" = " \"Space travel\""

• If you want to specify multiple values, use square brackets:

  = "Title 1" = ["space"; " flight"]

  or

  = "Title 1" = [space flight]

• If a field can contain a fixed set of values (Display scope, Moderation, Status, Priority, etc.), then use operators ~ and !~ with square brackets, even if the field can contain only a single value.

  

If the search term was not correctly formulated, then the icon in the text entry line will change to and an error message will appear.

You can use the & (boolean AND) and | (boolean OR) operators to make combined queries.

Search term operations are executed strictly from left to right, but the order can be changed by using round brackets. Operations enclosed in brackets take priority over the standard order of operations.

Example 1

= Keyword ~ ticket | Keyword ~ hotel

This query returns keywords containing the words ticket or hotel.

Example 2

= Keyword ~ ticket | Keyword ~ hotel & Bid > 1

This search term will return keywords that meet two conditions simultaneously:

1. Contains the word ticket or hotel.
2. Has a bid on search greater than 1.

Example 3

= Keyword ~ ticket | (Keyword ~ hotel & Bid > 1)

This search term will return keywords that meet at least one of the two conditions:

1. Contains the word ticket.
2. Contains the word hotel and has a bid on search greater than 1.