Search finds stories, bugs, and epics across your workspace by keyword or Item ID, which helps when you remember what an item is about but not which team or page it's on.

To open search, click Search in the workspace header, or press Command+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) from any page.

To ask a question about how your product works rather than find a specific item, use Ask Capy, next to the search bar. For more details, see Ask Capy.

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Search for an item

1. Type a keyword, phrase, or Item ID. Results appear as you pause typing.
2. Click a result to open the item. To open it in a new browser tab instead, hold Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while you click.

As you type, search may suggest a word that completes the one you're typing, shown as light text after it with a 'Tab' hint. Press Tab or the right arrow key to accept the suggestion.

You can also press Tab to move between results and Enter to open one. To close search, press Esc.

What results look like

Results are sorted by how closely they match your search, as described in How results are ranked. Matching words are highlighted, and because search tolerates small typos, the highlighted words aren't always exactly what you typed. For example, a search for "past" can also highlight "paste" and "post".

Each result shows the item's Item ID and title, along with:

• Location: The team backlog the item is on, or 'Story refinement' for a story without a team and 'Bug triage' for a bug without a team. Epics don't show a location.
• Other matches: Up to two lines showing matches elsewhere in the item, each starting with where the match was found: 'User story', 'Description', 'AC', 'Tag', 'Comment', or 'External ID'. Tag matches are shown as key: value.

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Show stories, bugs, or epics

When you're looking for a specific kind of item, such as a bug someone reported, narrow the results to that item type.

Use the item type icons next to 'Filter by' to choose which types of items the results include. Click an icon to show only that item type, and click other icons to add their types. When no icon is selected, which is the default, results include stories, bugs, and epics.

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Add filters to narrow results

Filters narrow a broad search to the items you care about. For example, if you search for "onboarding" and filter by a team and the 'Done' workflow category, you'll only see that team's finished work about onboarding.

1. Click the filter (funnel) icon next to 'Filter by'.
2. Select a filter, or search for one, and fill in any required details.
3. Click Apply.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 to add more filters.

The results show only items that match your search terms and all of your filters, and each filter appears as a pill next to 'Filter by'. Within a multi-select filter, items matching any of the selected values are included. For example, selecting 'To do' and 'Design' in the 'Workflow step' filter includes items in either step.

Modify a filter value

1. Click the filter pill.
2. Change its value, then click Apply.

Remove a filter

Click the X on the filter pill.

Available filters

Filters are listed in the same order as the filter menu.

*The 'Created', 'Last updated', and 'Completed' filters accept absolute or relative date ranges, and you can include the time of day. For more details, see Filtering by date and time.

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Recent searches

Recent searches let you return to a search, along with its filters, without typing it again.

When you open search, 'Recent searches' lists your 10 most recent searches, newest first. The number next to the funnel icon on each one shows how many filters it used.

Click a recent search to run it again with the same filters.

A search is added to the list when you click a result or a filter, or when you close search. Recent searches are saved in your browser, so they don't appear when you use Atono in a different browser or on another device.

To clear the list, click Clear. This removes all of your recent searches, since they can't be removed one at a time.

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What you can search

Search finds stories, bugs, and epics. It doesn't find other objects, such as feature flags, product themes, or timeboxes.

Search matches your search terms in an item's:

• Title
• Item ID, either in full or from the start (for example, STORY-12 finds STORY-123, but 123 on its own doesn't)
• External ID, either in full or from the start, for items imported from another system
• User story or description
• Acceptance criteria
• Tag keys and values
• Open comments, which are comments that haven't been accepted or rejected. For more details, see View comments.

It doesn't match subtasks, attachment names, or linked items.

Matching isn't case-sensitive, and it tolerates small typos, so results can include words that are close to your search terms. Apart from Item IDs and external IDs, words need to match in full, so a search for "auth" doesn't find "authentication". Search terms can be up to 70 characters long.

Results include items in every workflow step, including 'Done' and 'Won't do' steps, and items in Story refinement and Bug triage. Items on a private team backlog appear only if you're a member, team admin, or backlog owner of that team, or a Product Manager, Administrator, or Workspace Owner. Deleted items aren't included.

Sample data appears in your results until you hide it. For more details, see Sample data.

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How results are ranked

Results are sorted by relevance, not by date. Each place an item matches adds to its score, so an item that matches in several places can rank above one with a single match. Matches count for more in this order:

1. An exact Item ID.
2. The start of an Item ID, or an external ID.
3. The title.
4. The user story or description, and tags.
5. Acceptance criteria.
6. Comments.