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Customisable search

Related products:Freshservice
  • July 17, 2024
  • 4 replies
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Whenever I use the search function in Freshservice the result defaults to ‘All Results’ sorted by ‘Relevance’. On top of the list is the ‘Tickets’ section, which is what I prefer, most of the time.

But I find it difficult to acknowledge that they are sorted by ‘relevance’. Almost everytime I click on ‘Tickets’ in the top row, then change the sort order from ‘Relevance’ to ‘Date modified’.

For me, the search should default this way. Others may have other preferences.

My suggestion is that you should be able to choose your default display of the search results.

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  • Contributor
  • August 2, 2024

Yes, for example, when I search a ticket based on a reference of the product, I would like to be able to sort by client name, of provider, 

So an extra search field will be great.


volcanicdove
Skilled Expert
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  • Skilled Expert
  • August 2, 2024

I’ve watched my teammates navigate the system while they are screensharing where they have become frustrated experiencing this same problem (not sorted by date by default, having to find the option to change it on the fly). Would be a great addition to consider.


  • Community Debut
  • February 11, 2025

I wholeheartedly agree with you. We should either be able to set our default search results sort OR the relevance sort needs to actually be relevant. I believe in the hundreds of times I’ve searched topics, the relevance search has only provided a valuable result a couple of times.


  • Community Debut
  • July 16, 2025

This seems to be an issue that has been reported for years. Seems that there is no intention to change the default search sort option or allow for configuration. Sad. The relevant sort does not bring up relevant items.