Searchable Fields: Chatter Feed

Searchable fields for Chatter Feed Salesforce Classic include various standard fields that are relevant to the chatter feed. These fields can depend on an organization's configuration and customization.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic
Available in: Contact Manager, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

To find information in a feed, use global search or feed search in Classic. Sidebar search and advanced search aren’t designed to find information in Chatter feeds.

Note
Note Global search and feed search return matches for file or link names shared in posts, but not in comments.
Searchable Fields Sidebar Search Advanced Search Global Search Feed Search
@Name (where Name is a username)     Check Check
Comment Body     Check Check
Commenter Name     Check Check
File Name     Check Check
Group Name     Check Check
Links 1     Check Check
Origin of Post (Group, Person, or Record Name     Check Check
Post Body     Check Check

Usage Notes

Salesforce supports hyperlinks and entity links, but only hyperlinks are searchable. An entity link is a user at-mention or a record slash-mention. An easy way to tell if a link is a hyperlink or entity link is to hover over the link in a post. If a hover card pops up with details about the user or record, then it’s an entity link. If there’s no hover card but instead a tooltip with the link url, then it’s a hyperlink.

1 See Usage Notes.