Search across your applications with 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.

How it works

• 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.
• Once enterprise search is enabled, members can connect their individual accounts to include content from other sources in search results and AI answers.

Connect an account

To use enterprise search, you’ll need to connect your account to the data sources that your admins have made available in your organisation.

1. From your desktop, click the   search field at the top of Slack.
2. 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.
3. Click the plus icon next to a data source, then click Connect.
4. Follow the prompts to authorise your account.

Note: If your organisation uses the Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint apps in Slack, your account may be automatically connected to those enterprise search data sources.

Start a search

Desktop

Mobile

1. Click the    search field at the top of Slack.
2. Enter a search query or ask a question (like 'What’s the status of Project A1 Company?').
3. On the search results page, any 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.
4. Click on a result to view the message or file.

Tip: If Slack provides an unhelpful answer using information from another source, you can regenerate the answer. Click the 
  filters icon at the top of the answer and untick the box next to the source, then click Re-generate answer. 

1. Tap the    search field at the top of Slack.
2. Enter a search query or ask a question (like 'What’s the status of Project A1 Company?').
3. On the search results page, any AI answers will appear at the top. To filter your results by data source, tap the External tab at the top of your screen, then select an option.
4. Tap a result to view the message or file.

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.

1. From your desktop, click the   search field at the top of Slack.
2. Type a search into the field and press Enter.
3. Click Manage apps below the list of data sources.
4. Next to the data source that you’d like to disconnect, click Manage.
5. Click on Disconnect.

Who can use this feature?

• All members and guests
• Available on the Enterprise+ subscription
• Available on the Enterprise Grid subscription with the Slack AI add-on