Search

Select workspace search provider and configure search-related settings

Here you can configure how searches work on your Rocket.Chat server. This gives you the option to select a search provider.

To access this setting, navigate to Administration > Workspace > Settings > Search.

• Search Provider: A dropdown that lets you select which search provider you wish to use. Can be Default provider or Chatpal Provider.

Chatpal provider

• Backend Type: Lets you choose the backend type for your Chatpal provider. Select if you want to use Chatpal as a Service or as On-Site Installation.

• API Key: Your Chatpal API key. Find some descriptions on how to run a local instance on GitHub.

• Base URL: Your Chatpal base URL. The URL must be absolute and point to the Chatpal core, e.g. http://localhost:8983/solr/chatpal

• HTTP Headers: List of HTTP Headers, one header per line. Format: name:value

• Main Language: The language that is used most in conversations.

• Default Result Type: Defines which result type is shown by the result.

• Page size: Lets you set the page size.

• Suggestions enabled: When enabled, suggestions are shown while searching.

• Include All Public Channels: When set to true, it searches in all public channels, even if you haven't joined them yet.

• Batch Size: The batch size of index documents (on bootstrapping)

• Timeout Size: The time between 2 index windows in ms (on bootstrapping)

• Window Size: The size of index windows in hours (on bootstrapping)

Default provider

• Global search: When enabled, the search is done globally.

• Page Size: The page size.

The global search feature is currently in Beta and may not function as expected.