Search function does not search in .base files

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What I’m trying to do

I want to search my entire vault for specific property keys.
The search function does not search in .base-files.

Things I have tried

Looked for a setting to enable, but didn’t find any.
Tried Search: Search in all files from command palette.

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Well, you won’t really find properties in a .base file…

I mean, a .base file doesn’t hold more properties than your vault and its notes already do :blush: .
It’ll hold the general configuration of base (filters, sort, view, etc…) but not properties (these are in your notes)

Yes, you can have formula properties but their values only “exists” in a rendered base (as in the .base file or code block, it’s just a formula)

Maybe this feature request could interest you though: Bases: Temporary / Quick Search / Filtering Columns

4

Think of an order_overview.base file like:

filters:
  and:
    - order_date < "2025-08-10"
views:
  - type: table
    name: Table

where order_date is a property key. And think of a fancy.md file like

---
product: fancy device
order_date: 2024-12-01
---

If I use the search function in the left sidebar to look after order_date then fancy.md will be found, but not order_overview.base.

5

Search only searches .md notes. If you want to search in your bases files, you’ll need to use another app that can search across text files.

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Thanks for clarification. I created a feature request for this. In the mean time I use a text editor for this purpose.