Searching in a chat or channel

With the iManage Bot, you can search for documents within a chat or channel in iManage Work for Microsoft Teams app.

Browse to your preferred chat or channel.
Type @iManage inside the conversation box to invoke the iManage bot.
A Suggestions pop-up appears. Select iManage.
A What can I do? list appears with the following options:
- Find Documents: Select this option if you're well-versed with the search syntax for document search.
- View Search Syntax: Select this option to view the list of supported search syntax for document search.
Enter the required search syntax, followed by the corresponding metadata to find the document. The search results show the top ten documents that match the search criteria.
Select the document you wish to share. The document appears as an adaptive card with the Copy ( ) option.
Select and then paste the document link in the desired chat to share it with other users.

Figure: Invoking the iManage bot for document search

The following table explains how to use the search syntax:

Table: Search syntax and their operation

Operator	Search syntax	Operation	Example
#docnumber	Document number search	Type #<document number> Select Enter.	Input: #23 Output: Document number 23 is displayed in the search result.
#docnumber.version	Document number search with the document's version	Type #<docnumber.version> Select Enter.	Input: #23.1 Output: Version 1 of document number 23 is displayed in the search result.
#work_libraryname!docnumber	Work library search with the document number	Type #<work_libraryname!docnumber> Select Enter.	Input: #work_apac!23 Output: Document number 23 present in the work_apac library is displayed in the search result.
#work_libraryname!docnumber.version	Work library search with the document number and the document's version	Type #<work_libraryname!docnumber.version> Select Enter.	Input: #work_apac!23.1 Output: Version 1 of document number 23 present in the work_apac library is displayed in the search result.
title	Document title search	Type title <document title> Select Enter.	Input: title Contract document Output: Documents with the title Contract document are displayed in the search results.
keyword	Document keyword search	Type keyword <search term> Select Enter. A list of documents containing the keyword is displayed.	Input: keyword litigation Output: All documents containing the term litigation are displayed in the search results.
@ or author	Document author search	Type @<author name> or Type author <author name> Select Enter. A list of documents by the author is displayed.	Input: @andrew Output: All documents created by the user, Andrew are displayed in the search results.

For information on configuring search type, setting the preferred database, and more, see Additional search information.