Refine your search results

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • Refine your search results to narrow down the content displayed.

    Before you begin

    Role required: sn_communities.community_user

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to the community homepage.
    2. Enter a keyword in the Search field.
    3. From the Refine Results panel, choose from the following options.
      • To filter and customize your search results, click any option under Types. For example, click Profile to view the profiles that matches with the search keyword. The details of the profile such as display name, gamification information-points and badges, bio, user title and company appear. To reverse this action, click the x icon of the corresponding item. To remove all filters, click Clear All.
      • Select any item from the Forums, Topics, or Authors fields to filter by forum, sub forum, topic, or author. You can add multiple forums, sub forums, topics, and authors and click anywhere on the screen to display the results.
      • To filter by the time period that the content was posted, click any Last Updated item.
      • Click the icon of any category to collapse the category and save space. Click the + icon to restore a collapsed category.
      The search results page displays content based on the filter criteria.