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You can search for pages with Talk discussions using the Confluence Search:

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Confluence Search Box in the header

Use the Confluence Search Box in

Starting from Talk version 2.1.0, you can search talks by text and commenters. To search by text, use the talk keyword:

 

talk:"do that ASAP"

 

To search by commenter, use the talkUser keyword and a commenter's user name, first name, last name or full name:

 

talkUser:"User Name"

 

Starting from Talk version 2.3.0, talk update date range search is also available. To search for talks updated within a certain date range, use the talkUpdated keyword. The date stamps are in numeric 'yyyymmdd' format:

 

talkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]

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Besides, with the help of  Confluence Search Syntax, you can:

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Use the standard Confluence Search field in the header to enter your query. 

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The search queries syntax is the following:

QuerySearchExamples
macroName:talk
Find all Confluence pages with at least one Talk macro
talk:"some text"By text in discussions

talk:release

talk:"do that ASAP"

talkUser:"User Name"By commenter (by user name, first name, last name or full name)

talkUser:asmith

talkUser:Alex

talkUser:Smith

talkUser:"Alex Smith"

talkUpdated:[yyyymmdd TO yyyymmdd]By talk update date rangetalkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]
macroName:talkFor Talk macromacroName:talk

talk:"some text" AND

talkUser:"User Name" AND

 talkUpdated:[yyyymmdd TO yyyymmdd] 

talk

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:"text 1" OR talk:"text 2"

talkUser:"User Name 1" NOT talkUser:"User Name 2" 

(variations are possible)


 

macroName:talk AND talkUpdated:[yyyymmdd TO yyyymmdd]

By several terms

talk:"do that ASAP"

AND talkUser:asmith

AND talkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]

talk:

"do that ASAP" AND talkUser:asmithtalk:"do that ASAP" AND talkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]

change OR talk:modify

talkUser:asmith

AND talkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]macroName:talk AND talkUpdated:[20141201 TO 20150201]

NOT talkUser:jclarks

Example:

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You can use Confluence Search Syntax to refine your search.

Make sure to include your query in double quotes if it contains spaces.

Confluence Search Screen

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Available in Confluence 5.9 and above starting from the Talk version 3.3.0.

Instead of using search queries, you can search Talk discussions by adding filters on the Confluence search screen.

To use this searching option:

  1. go to the Confluence Search Box in the header
  2. navigate to the Advanced search option located under the filters
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  3. click 'Add a filter' on the bottom of the sidebar
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  4. select a suitable Talk filter

Available filters:

  • Talk text -  searches by text in discussions
  • Talk updated - searches by talk update time
  • Talk user - searches by a commenter (by user name, first name, last name, or full name)

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