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Search Portals

Search portals gather together all bullets that match a search query into one place.

Written by Soren Bjornstad

Search Portals allow you to display all bullets that match a particular search query at some point in your notes – like a standard portal, except the set of bullets included in it changes automatically as you add, edit, and delete bullets from across your knowledge base.

Search portals are a Pro-only feature. If you're on the Free plan, you can add up to 2 search portals, so you can try them out before upgrading.

Creating a search portal

To insert a new search portal, type /isp at the point where you'd like to show the portal, then press Enter.

The /isp command typed on a bullet, with 'Search Portal' offered under 'Portals' in the command menu and marked with a Pro badge.

Choosing a query

Search portals use the RemNote Query Language to generate search results. You can either write a query directly in the query language or use the visual query builder by clicking the filter icon:

An empty search portal's query bar, with the filter icon that opens the visual query builder outlined in red at its right.

For information on the syntax you'll need if you want to write a query directly, visit the RemNote Query Language documentation.

Example Use Cases

  1. Managing tasks: Find all todos that match specific criteria. Learn more in the Managing Tasks with RemNote article.

    A search portal for the query '#Todo and ^My Classes' returning two todos, with the visual query builder open beside it showing 'Is Tagged With Todo' and 'In Document My Classes'.

  2. Tag-based organization: List all bullets within a document or folder that have a particular tag.

    A search portal for the query '#Hard card and ^Astronomy' returning one flashcard, with the query builder showing 'Is Tagged With Hard card' and 'In Document Astronomy'.

  3. Studying specific topics: Collect flashcards related to a specific topic or subject that live in different documents and tags for a focused review session.

    A search portal collecting 12 due flashcards, with the query builder showing 'Is due is checked' combined with a nested group matching either the Biology or the Organic Chemistry document.
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