Confluence search does not work for period separated values
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
Searching for text with dot does not return any result. For example, a text like below:
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Jeremy.bought.Tim.a.flower
If we search for Jeremy or any of the word in the text separately, the text above will not be returned.
The text can only be found if the whole word is searched as "Jeremy.bought.Tim.a.flower" without the quotes.
Cause
Confluence will remove '.' from search due to the text tokenization. More explanation available Text Tokenisation and Filtering. There is a feature request at CONF-14910 to change this functionality.
Workaround
If you need to find a content, you can use '*' or '?' to get more result. For example:
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Jeremy*
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