---
title: "Search"
slug: "search-and-ai-features"
tags: ["Search Function", "User Discovery"]
status: "new"
updated: 2026-06-26T13:07:54Z
published: 2026-06-26T13:08:33Z
canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/search-and-ai-features"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Search

**Search** in Thrive helps you find content, people, and resources across the platform quickly and accurately. Whether you're looking for a specific course, an upcoming event, or a colleague's profile, Search surfaces the most relevant results and gives you flexible tools to narrow them down.

![Search bar interface with notification icon indicating unread alerts and pinned content.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/image(450).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T18%3A05%3A25Z&se=2026-11-05T19%3A05%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=TAhdWaPL2XIWkoscF8gdks87xAgUDPVNqGvWeurH9eA%3D)

## Intelligent Search

Thrive uses Intelligent Search to deliver smarter, more relevant results. It combines traditional keyword matching with vector search to understand the intent behind your query – not just the words themselves.

For shorter queries (up to three words), Thrive blends both methods to balance precision and relevance. For longer, more natural-language queries, vector search takes the lead, surfacing the most useful content even when it doesn't include your exact keywords.

All content is searchable, including titles, subtitles, descriptions, articles, and mixed content. To search for an exact phrase, put your query in quotation marks. Thrive will return only results that match your keywords exactly.

All content is searchable, including titles, subtitles, descriptions, articles, mixed content, and content within supported eLearning packages.

## Sorting Results

Use the sort buttons at the top left of the Search screen to change the order of your results:

- **Relevant:** Displays results ranked by how closely they match your search query. This is the default view.
- **Recent:** Shows the most recently published or updated content first.
- **Popular:** Surfaces content with the highest engagement across the platform.
- **Created:** Orders results by creation date, with the newest first.

## Filtering Results

Use the filter options at the top right of the Search screen to narrow your results. Filters can be used alongside sorting and combined with each other.

### Endorsed

Toggle **Endorsed** on to show only content that has been endorsed by an admin or manager. Endorsed content has been reviewed and recommended as particularly useful or authoritative.

### Assigned to me

Toggle **Assigned to me** on to show only content that has been directly assigned to you. Use this to quickly find learning you're required to complete.

### Content Type

Select **Content Type** to filter results by a specific format, such as **E-Learning** or **Event**. You can select more than one content type at a time.

You can select more than one content type at a time.

### Tag

Select **Tag** to filter results by a specific tag. Tags are applied to content by admins and reflect topics, themes, or categories used across your organisation.

## Finding People

You can also use Search to find other users on the platform. Start typing a name in the search bar and suggested matches will appear in a dropdown. Select a user to go directly to their profile.

Any learning material in Thrive, including courses, quizzes, videos, documents, external links, and user-generated resources. Content serves to educate, engage, and assess learners, supporting a wide range of learning experiences across the platform.

A training session that may have one or multiple occurrences. Events can be in-person or webinar-based, with booking, reminders, and attendance tracking.

Content tags, identified by a hash symbol (#), allowing users to follow their interests to discover relevant content and receive personalised suggestions, primarily appearing in sections on the homepage.