How can I find documents in a specific collection?

jayheavner · 2025-06-06T17:45:35+00:00

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My use case is that I need to search a particular collection and return a list of documents that match the query. I don't need to do any analysis of the document, only return the list.

I'm sure this is easy and I'll feel stupid when I see how easy it is.

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Gleanie Kat

Hi @jayheavner! Are you using Glean Chat or an agent? Is there any reason you can't just go to the collection in the UX and see the list of documents there? I'm trying to understand what the actual use case is. Can you provide more around what you're trying to do?

jayheavner

I'm trying to filter by a collection from the main search bar on the Home Page. Suppose I have a collection named Acme, I want to only search within the Acme collection.

Somewhat related, I tried to use a link to a SharePoint site as a source in a collection but it didn't work using the link. It did work if I searched for and found the folder. Is this expected behavior? No biggie, just want to make sure I understand.

Gleanie Kat

Thanks @jayheavner for clarifying. I tried testing this and it looks like you can try this by using the filter collection:"collection name" or by selecting "Collections" from the side bar and selecting the collection you want to filter by. I don't think this experience is as good as going to that collection directly to review the items in that collection.

Re:Sharepoint - that is not expected and I see some errors with that datasource in your environment. Can you please file a ticket with support so we can resolve this for you?

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