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How to search a specific string including a username?


My company uses automated Slack messages to announce deploys to a #_production channel. I want count how many times I have been the deploy lead by doing a search. Specifically, I want to find all slack messages in #_production containing the exact string Deploy lead: @Peter Scriven where @Peter Scriven is My Slack tag.

My issue is when I search without quotes i.e. in:#_production Deploy lead: @Peter Scriven, I get more results that I want:

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And when I search with quotes i.e.: in:#_production "Deploy lead: @Peter Scriven", I get no results:

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Is it possible to search for a specific string containing a username?


Solution

  • There is no out of the box functionality to do what you ask.

    As a work around, what you can do is perform following search:

    in:#_production "Deploy lead:" @Peter Scriven
    

    i.e. put the regular text in quotes and user without quotes