Searching challenges (again) :(

[Shawn in Van]

If I need to search for a specific string (e.g. ./idea) how do I accomplish this in Confluence?

I tried using quotes "./idea", and the regex method /.*./idea.*/ and both search methods yielded incorrect results. What I mean is that Confluence is finding every page with the word, "idea". I don't want that! I want Confluence to find the exact match for the above string. Anything else is meaningless. 

Is this type of search possible, in Confluence?

[Meg Holbrook · Accepted solution]

Hi Shawn, 

Are you looking for a page with that exact name, a title, or other? You'll want to use the = modifier in addition to whatever 'field' you want to search.

Here's an example function in CQL: 

title = "./idea"

 CQL definitely isn't as robust as JQL, but I hope this helps!

[Shawn in Van]

That worked. Thank you so much. :)