What kind of search does Pulsar support?

Pulsar supports Full Text Search of data in your Salesforce account. It works similarly to Salesforce’s search by breaking down content into tokens to match search terms. Read this Salesforce article to learn how tokenization affects search results.

What search operators can I use in Pulsar?

You can use the following operators in your Pulsar search queries:

• AND

• OR

• NOT (when used with AND)

• Parentheses () to group terms

• Double quotes "" for exact phrases

• Asterisk * as a wildcard to match the beginning of words

Note: Pulsar does not support the question mark ? wildcard operator, though Salesforce does.

For more details, see Salesforce’s documentation on search syntax.

Why are my search results sometimes unexpected?

This is usually related to how Pulsar handles partial search terms.

• If you enter a single word, Pulsar automatically adds a * wildcard at the end. For example, searching market will match market, marketing, and marketplace.

• If you enter multiple words without quotes, Pulsar joins them using AND. This means the search will return records that contain all the terms, not just some of them.

For example:

sales report becomes sales AND report. That search will return results containing both "sales" and "report"

Since Pulsar search term behavior mirrors Salesforce, refer to this article to learn more about how search terms behave in Salesforce.

Are all Salesforce fields searchable in Pulsar?

The searchable fields are based on the ListView and Search Layout definitions for the user. For the Related List, you can only search fields which are included in a ListView. The user can search data only in the fields for which they have sync permission.

How does Pulsar search differ from Salesforce search?

Salesforce’s server infrastructure enables more in-depth and comprehensive searches. Pulsar’s offline-first architecture means its search is lighter, though still robust for most field-level queries.