Right-to-Left (RTL) Language Limitations

For right-to-left language users, search supports Hebrew and Arabic as end-user languages and Urdu as a platform language. For these languages, Salesforce provides limited support for global search and lookup search features in Lightning Experience.

Search Feature Arabic Hebrew Urdu Notes
Boolean and phrase operators Yes Yes Yes Only English operators supported.
Exact match Yes Yes Yes For Arabic and Urdu, search is limited to exact match.
Proximity of terms No Yes No The structure of the Hebrew language can make proximity of terms less effective.
Salesforce mobile app, or any mobile app or browser No No No  
Salesforce Knowledge search Yes Yes Yes Limitations for global search also apply to Knowledge search. Knowledge advanced filters don’t support RTL languages.
Lemmatization No Yes No  
Stemming No Yes No  
Synonym groups No Yes No Type-ahead results aren’t supported with synonym groups.