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title: Search & Filters
description: Search and filter options for instance lists
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---

## Search filter

The instance list view provides a search bar to filter objects. The query is matched against the `keyname`, `displayname`, and raw data content of each instance.

Multiple words are combined with OR logic: an instance matches if any word is found in any of the three fields.

Allowed characters: letters, digits, `()_/.\:` and spaces.

The current query is stored in the session per schema, so it persists when navigating away and returning to the same list.


## related: filter

The `related:` prefix is a special filter that lists all instances of a schema that reference a specific object.

**Format:**

```
related:<classname>:<keyname>
```

**Example:**

To list all `app` instances that reference the `site` object `paris-01`:

```
related:site:paris-01
```

This filter is automatically applied when clicking the icon, count badge, or schema name in the **Related Objects** section at the bottom of an instance detail page.
