Search across your applications with Slack enterprise search
Search across your applications with Slack enterprise search
With enterprise search, you can quickly find information and get answers to questions from all of the apps that your organisation uses (like Google Drive, GitHub and more), right in Slack.
An org owner or org admin will need to enable enterprise search and connect at least one data source for members of their organisation to use the feature. If you don’t see the option to use enterprise search, ask an owner or admin for help.
To use enterprise search, you’ll need to connect your account to the data sources that your admins have made available in your organisation.
From your desktop, click the search field at the top of Slack.
Type a search into the field and press Enter to open the search results page. You’ll see any available data sources in the left sidebar.
Click the plus icon next to a data source, then click Connect.
Follow the prompts to authorise your account.
Note: We currently support Google Drive and GitHub, and will be adding more data sources in the future. Stay tuned!
Start a search
Desktop
Mobile
Click the search field at the top of Slack.
Enter a search query or ask a question (like 'What’s the status of Project A1 Company?').
On the search results page, any Slack AI answers will appear at the top. To filter your results for content in Slack or another data source, select an option in the left sidebar.
Click on a result to view the message or file.
Tap the search field at the top of Slack.
Enter a search query or ask a question (like 'What’s the status of Project A1 Company?').
Slack AI answers will appear at the top of your search results.
Tip: If Slack AI provides an unhelpful answer using information from another source, you can regenerate the answer. Click the filters icon at the top of the answer, untick the box next to the source, and then click Regenerate answer.
Disconnect an account
If you no longer want to view content from a specific data source in your Slack search results, you can disconnect your account.
From your desktop, click the search field at the top of Slack.
Type a search into the field and press Enter.
Click Manage apps below the list of data sources.
Next to the data source that you’d like to disconnect, click Manage.
Click on Disconnect.
Who can use this feature?
All members and guests
Available on the Enterprise Grid subscription with the Slack AI add-on
