# Search Select Star’s Search is designed to help you find any data objects (tables, columns, Tableau Workbooks, Mode Reports, Looker Explores, etc.) without even knowing exactly what they’re called. Use search in Select Star to answer questions such as... * [Where's my data?](https://docs.selectstar.com/data-discovery/wheres-my-data) * [Where's my dashboard?](https://docs.selectstar.com/data-discovery/wheres-my-dashboard) Watch this video to learn more about Select Star's universal search, or keep reading for more details: ### Search Types | Type | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Keyword Search** | Traditional token-based search that matches specific keywords or phrases entered by users, used in the **Top Search**. | | **Natural Language Search (Requires enabling** [ai-features-and-settings](https://docs.selectstar.com/features/ai-features-and-settings "mention")**)** | Allows users to input queries in a conversational manner, as they would ask a question to another person in conversational English and show them on the **Search Results Page**. | ## Top Search The search bar at the top of the page is always available to find or quickly navigate to any data asset.
Space works as a delimiter in the search, so if you search for `order items` you'll get results with both "order" *and* "items", whereas if you search for `order_items` you'll get results that are looking for "order\_items" as one word. Note that when you search for multiple words, the order of the search terms matters!

Search results for "order" and "items", separated by a space.

Search results for "order_items", treated as one word.

All search results are sorted by relevance and popularity, so you’ll see what’s being used the most on the top. You won't have to worry about someone's [test tables](https://docs.selectstar.com/data-source-management/manage-data-sources#hide-datasets) or dashboards showing up at the top of the search. Click on different tabs below the search bar to see results from a specific data source. For instance if you're looking for a Looker Explore, click the **Looker** tab and then select **Looker Explore**.
## Search Results Page After you've typed a query into the top search, hit `Enter`/`Return` on your keyboard to see a full search results page and browse more high level information at once. The tabs available in the top search dropdown are separated into individual filters on the side of the page, under **Asset Types**.
From this view, you can also choose to display or hide other items, such as [Tags](https://docs.selectstar.com/features/tags) and [Owners](https://docs.selectstar.com/data-management/data-ownership), by adjusting the column filters.
### Natural Language Search NLS lets users search for data assets by asking questions in everyday language - no need to know specific keywords or table names. Moreover, we offer multi-language support. On the other hand, if a query isn’t classified as a natural language question, it automatically falls back to standard keyword-based search using Elasticsearch. Alongside the search results, NLS displays an AI-generated response similar to a chatbot, summarizing relevant information from the matched data assets. Users can click a “Continue the Conversation” button to ask follow-up questions, enabling a more interactive and conversational search experience.
### **Example Queries** * How is revenue calculated? * Where can I find shipping facility preferences? * Can you find any dashboards or tables that mention revenue? * What information do we have on retention? * Who can answer questions about the business segments dashboard? ### Enabling Natural Language Search 1. Make sure the **"Enable AI Features"** setting is turned on in the **AI Settings** section of the Admin panel ([ai-features-and-settings](https://docs.selectstar.com/features/ai-features-and-settings "mention")). 2. Once enabled, NLS will be active on the main **Search page**. The top navigation search bar will continue to use keyword-based search. 3. Note: We still can disable this specific feature upon request for your organization. Contact your **Select Star account manager** or support team to request it. ## Search Ranking
Keyword SearchNatural Language Search

Select Star ranks search results on a number of factors, including:

  • match type (name, breadcrumb, description)
  • popularity
  • asset type
  • tag
Search results are ranked based on several factors such as match type, asset popularity, and tags. For NLS queries, results are primarily ranked by the AI model’s relevance scoring, but users can still apply sorting and filters as usual.
### Tag Boost in Keyword Search Customers put a lot of effort to tag and organize data, and we want that to work for you. That is why we have updated our search algorithm to provide a slight boost for data assets tagged with specific tags. Data Assets with a tags with the following icon will receive a positive boost in the search results:

Tag icons with positive search boost

--- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.selectstar.com/features/search.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.