Example thing group queries

Queries are specified in a query string using a query syntax and passed to the SearchIndex API. The following table lists some example query strings.

Query string	Result
abc	Queries for "abc" in any field.
thingGroupName:myGroupThingName	Queries for a thing group with name "myGroupThingName".
thingGroupName:my*	Queries for thing groups with names that begin with "my".
thingGroupName:ab?	Queries for thing groups with names that have "ab" plus one additional character (for example: "aba", "abb", "abc", and so on).
attributes.myAttribute:75	Queries for thing groups with an attribute named "myAttribute" that has the value 75.
attributes.myAttribute:[75 TO 80]	Queries for thing groups with an attribute named "myAttribute" whose value falls within a numeric range (75–80, inclusive).
attributes.myAttribute:[75 TO 80]	Queries for thing groups with an attribute named "myAttribute" whose value falls within the numeric range (>75 and <=80).
attributes.myAttribute:["abcd" TO "abcf"]	Queries for thing groups with an attribute named "myAttribute" whose value is within an alphanumeric string range. This query returns thing groups with a "serialNumber" attribute with values "abcd", "abce", or "abcf".
attributes.myAttribute:i*t	Queries for thing groups with an attribute named "myAttribute" whose value is 'i', followed by any number of characters, followed by 't'.
attributes.attr1:abc AND attributes.attr2<5 NOT attributes.attr3>10	Queries for thing groups that combine terms using Boolean expressions. This query returns thing groups that have an attribute named "attr1" with a value "abc", an attribute named "attr2" that's less than 5, and an attribute named "attr3" that's not greater than 10.
NOT attributes.myAttribute:cde	Queries for thing groups where the attribute named "myAttribute" is not "cde".
parentGroupNames:(myParentThingGroupName)	Queries for thing groups whose parent group name matches "myParentThingGroupName".
parentGroupNames:(myParentThingGroupName OR myRootThingGroupName)	Queries for thing groups whose parent group name matches "myParentThingGroupName" or "myRootThingGroupName".
parentGroupNames:(myParentThingGroupNa*)	Queries for thing groups whose parent group name begins with "myParentThingGroupNa".