# Gerrit Code Review - Searching Groups

version v3.4.4

Group queries only match internal groups. External groups and system groups are not included in the query result.

## Basic Group Search

Similar to many popular search engines on the web, just enter some text and let Gerrit figure out the meaning:

Description | Examples
--- | ---
Name | Foo-Verifiers
UUID | 6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389
Description | deprecated

## Search Operators

Operators act as restrictions on the search. As more operators are added to the same query string, they further restrict the returned results. Search can also be performed by typing only a text with no operator, which will match against a variety of fields.

description:'DESCRIPTION'

  Matches groups that have a description that contains 'DESCRIPTION' (case-insensitive).

inname:'NAMEPART'

  Matches groups that have a name part that starts with 'NAMEPART' (case-insensitive).

is:visibletoall

  Matches groups that are in the groups options marked as visible to all registered users.

name:'NAME'

  Matches groups that have the name 'NAME' (case-insensitive).

owner:'OWNER'

  Matches groups that are owned by the group whose name best matches 'OWNER' or that has the UUID 'OWNER'.

uuid:'UUID'

  Matches groups that have the UUID 'UUID'.

member:'MEMBER'

  Matches groups that have the account represented by 'MEMBER' as a member.

subgroup:'SUBGROUP'

  Matches groups that have a subgroup whose name best matches 'SUBGROUP' or whose UUID is 'SUBGROUP'.

## Magical Operators

is:visible

  Magical internal flag to prove the current user has access to read the group. This flag is always added to any query.

limit:'CNT'

  Limit the returned results to no more than 'CNT' records. This is automatically set to the page size configured in the current user’s preferences. Including it in a web query may lead to unpredictable results with regards to pagination.

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