← Glean-ia-acs · Day 6 of 56
The app: Filter
Scoping to one connected system
You'll be able to
- Use the app: filter to scope a query to one connected system
- Recognize common app: values (app:gdrive, app:slack, app:jira)
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Day 6 Lab
- Pick a query where you know which app holds the answer.
- Add
app:for that system (e.g.app:slack). - Compare results with and without the filter.
- Try two apps to feel how it scopes.
Working Example: app: in Action
The app: filter scopes a query to a single connected system. Verified against search_filters.
quarterly roadmap → results from every connected app
app:gdrive quarterly roadmap → only Google Drive
app:slack quarterly roadmap → only Slack messages
app:jira quarterly roadmap → only Jira issues
When you already know WHERE it lives, app: is the fastest cut you can make.Check for understanding
You know the doc lives in Slack, not Drive. Which filter saves the most time?
Check yourself
1. What does Glean's Enterprise Graph primarily connect?
The graph models high-value entities and the network of signals — docs, tickets, messages — around each.
2. When is a natural-language question better than keywords?
Questions let Glean assemble and cite an answer; keywords are faster when you just need to open a known doc.
3. Your top result is the wrong TYPE of thing entirely. That is a...
Wrong type means the query expressed the wrong intent; fix it by reframing, not by tuning ranking.
4. What does a result's snippet tell you?
The snippet shows the matched text — why this result surfaced. Position signals rank confidence; metadata shows owner.
5. What does `type:document onboarding` do?
type: narrows by document kind; here, only documents (not messages or tickets) about onboarding.
6. `app:slack quarterly roadmap` returns...
app: scopes the query to one connected system — here, Slack.
7. In one sentence, what does `from:me` do?
from: finds documents associated with a person; from:me is the special case for yourself.
In 10 seconds
“Know which system holds the answer? Scope to it. app:slack finds the thread, app:gdrive the doc, app:jira the ticket. One filter beats scrolling past every other tool's results.”
The from: and from:me Filters