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# ConnectApi.SearchDataCategory

Data category input for object search.

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">
          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
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              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d622488e27">Property</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d622488e30">Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d622488e33">Description</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d622488e36">Required or Optional</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d622488e39">Available Version</th>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">categories</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e30" data-title="Type">
                <a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_methods_system_list.htm#apex_methods_system_list" title="Contains methods for the List collection type.">List</a>&lt;String&gt;
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e33" data-title="Description">List of data category names to filter.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">groupName</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e30" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e33" data-title="Description">Name of the data category group to filter.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
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              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">operator</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e30" data-title="Type"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/connectAPI_enums.htm#DataCategoryOperatorEnum"><samp class="codeph apex_code">ConnectApi.​DataCategory​Operator</samp></a></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e33" data-title="Description">Data category operator.<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">Above</samp>—Queries the data category and all of its parent categories.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">AboveOrBelow</samp>—Queries the data category, all of its parent categories, and all of its subcategories.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">At</samp>—Queries the data category.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">Below</samp>—Queries the data category and all of its subcategories.
                  </li>
                </ul>
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d622488e27 d622488e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

#### See Also

- [ConnectApi.SearchRequest](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_search_reques.htm "Search request input for searching an object.")