SOSL Operation Limitations

EntityDefinition and FieldDefinition

EntityDefinition and FieldDefinition support the following SOSL operations:

FIND

• Literal text search, for example:
  FIND {account}

• Text search with a single wildcard, for example:
  FIND {account*} RETURNING EntityDefinition
  FIND {account?} RETURNING FieldDefinition
  FIND {account*fax} RETURNING EntityDefintion
  FIND {account?fax} RETURNING FieldDefinition

  The wildcard can’t be the first character in a search term, consistent with search behavior for all objects.
• Quotation marks are supported.
• The escape character \ (slash) is supported. For example, to search for the character * (asterisk), include the escape character:
  FIND {account\*}
  RETURNING EntityDefinition

  .
• RETURNING is required.
  FIND {MyString} 
  RETURNING FieldDefinition

  • Multiple object type names are supported.
    ...RETURNING EntityDefinition, FieldDefinition

  • A field list is supported.
    ... RETURNING EntityDefinition (MasterLabel, QualifiedApiName)

  • WHERE is supported, though logical operators are not.
  • LIMIT is supported.

Example

FIND {account*} 
RETURNING FieldDefinition (MasterLabel, NamespacePrefix 
WHERE EntityDefinitionId='Account')

ExternalString

ExternalString doesn’t support SOSL searches.

MetadataComponentDependency (Beta)

MetadataComponentDependency is a virtual entity, so it doesn’t support SOSL searches.