Example Text Searches

Look for joe anywhere in the system. Return the IDs of the records where joe is found.

1FIND {joe}

Look for the name Joe Smith anywhere in the system, in a case-insensitive search. Return the IDs of the records where Joe Smith is found.

1FIND {Joe Smith}

Look for the name Joe Smith in the name field of a lead, return the ID field of the records.

1FIND {Joe Smith}
2IN Name Fields
3RETURNING lead

Look for the name Joe Smith in the name field of a lead and return the name and phone number.

1FIND {Joe Smith}
2IN Name Fields
3RETURNING lead(name, phone)

Look for the name Joe Smith in the name field of a lead and return the name and phone number of any matching record that was also created in the current fiscal quarter.

1FIND {Joe Smith}
2IN Name Fields
3RETURNING lead (name, phone Where createddate = THIS_FISCAL_QUARTER)

Look for the name Joe Smith or Joe Smythe in the name field of a lead or contact and return the name and phone number. If an opportunity is called Joe Smith or Joe Smythe, the opportunity should not be returned.

1FIND {"Joe Smith" OR "Joe Smythe"}
2IN Name Fields
3RETURNING lead(name, phone), contact(name, phone)

Wildcards:

1FIND {Joe Sm*}
2FIND {Joe Sm?th*}

Delimiting “and” and “or” as literals when used alone:

1FIND {"and" or "or"}   
2FIND {"joe and mary"}   
3FIND {in}
4FIND {returning}
5FIND {find}

Escaping special characters & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ ' + -

1FIND {right brace \}}
2FIND {asterisk \*}
3FIND {question \?}
4FIND {single quote  \'}
5FIND {double quote  \"}