Searching

Why `_search`

Jarvi runs a full-text search engine over your data. Names, emails, phone numbers, job titles, skills and custom field values are indexed, and _search queries those indexes. Filtering with _ilike "%term%" does something else entirely: it walks every record in your workspace and compares it to the pattern. On a production base, a single _ilike on a last name was measured at 2.4 seconds; the same search through the index answers in a few tens of milliseconds.

_ilike, _like, _nilike and _nlike are being retired from the public API on 31 July 2027.On the REST endpoints you have nothing to do — _ilike filters are already translated into an indexed search on your behalf, and the response tells you which filter replaced yours. Through the /graphql endpoint the query is yours to change, since it can address any table.

Using the operator

A filter takes the name of a search target and a term:

{ "quickSearch": { "_search": "Dupont" } }

Combine several with _and, _or and _not, as you would with any other filter:

{
  "_and": [
    { "globalSearch": { "_search": "javascript" } },
    { "isTalent": true },
    { "addedAt": { "_gte": "2026-01-01" } }
  ]
}

Query syntax

The term itself is a query, not a plain string:

Syntax	Matches
`developer designer`	either word
`developer AND designer`	both words
`developer AND (java OR kotlin)`	both, with either technology
`NOT intern`	records without the word
`"project manager"`	the exact phrase, words in that order
`java^10 python`	both words, java weighing ten times more in the ranking

Whole words, not fragments

Names are indexed word by word, from the beginning: Dupo finds Dupont, upont does not. The same applies to company and project names. Emails and phone numbers are indexed differently and do match a fragment anywhere, so a phone number is found from its last digits, and an email from its domain.

Filters, resource by resource

Every filter below is index-backed. Any other Hasura column or relation is still accepted, but it is neither optimised nor guaranteed.

Profiles

Filter	Operators	What it matches
`quickSearch`	`_search`	Searches name, email, phone and short id — the target for simple person or name lookups.
`globalSearch`	`_search`	Searches name, headline, summary, position titles, company names, skills, educations and custom field values — the target for skill, role or technology searches.
`emailPhoneAndNameSearch`	`_search`	Searches name, email, phone and short id — the target for simple person or name lookups.
`fullPositionTitleSkillsAndTagsSearch`	`_search`	Searches name, headline, summary, position titles, company names, skills, educations and custom field values — the target for skill, role or technology searches.
`headline`	`_search`	Headline of the profile: the tagline shown under the name on LinkedIn, or the summary line extracted from the CV for profiles that have no LinkedIn page. Editable by hand only when the profile has no LinkedIn identifier.
`currentPositions.global`	`_search`	Full-text over title, description
`currentPositions.global.title`	`_search`	Job title held at this position, coming from LinkedIn, from a parsed CV or entered by hand. This is the main field behind job title search.
`currentPositions.global.description`	`_search`	What the person wrote about this role on their profile or CV. Often empty on imported records.
`emails`	`_search`	Email address of the profile or the company it belongs to. Normalized on save: lowercased, and when the input is not a clean address the first valid one found inside it is kept, the row being dropped if there is none.
`phones`	`_search`	Phone number search. Only the digits are compared, so a number matches whatever spacing, separators or country prefix it was typed with, and a suffix matches too.
`profiles.shortId`	`_search`	Short readable reference for the profile — what users type in quick search and what appears on generated documents. Assigned once at creation and never changes.
`historyEntries`	`_search`	Full-text over subject, message
`historyEntries.subject`	`_search`	Subject of the interaction: the email subject, the meeting title, or the job offer title. Empty for channels that carry no subject, such as LinkedIn messages, WhatsApp and SMS.
`historyEntries.message`	`_search`	Content of the interaction: the email body, the text of the LinkedIn, WhatsApp, SMS or Telegram message, or what the recruiter typed for a manual note.
`historyEntries.type`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	What kind of interaction this entry records: emails, LinkedIn messages and InMails, connection invitations, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, phone calls, scheduled meetings, job applications, or a free note.
`historyEntries.subTypeId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Optional sub-category of the interaction, defined by the group itself — naming its own kinds of notes or calls, for instance. Each sub-category belongs to a single parent type.
`historyEntries.occurredAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Single date used to place the interaction on the timeline: the meeting start for a scheduled event, the creation date otherwise. Maintained by a trigger.
`historyEntries.userId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Jarvi user this entry belongs to. Determines the group the entry is attached to, and is used as its sender by default.
`historyEntries.hasFiles`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one interaction carrying an attached file.
`historyEntries.hasRecording`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one interaction with a meeting recording.
`customField`	`_search`	Value of a custom field. Target one field by suffixing its id, as in “customField.<fieldId>”.
`location`	`_near`	Geographic search. Use range 0 for an exact city or region match, or a radius in meters.
`hasEmail`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one email address.
`hasEmailType`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	The profile has an email address of this type. Takes the same values as the type of an email address.
`hasPhone`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one phone number.
`hasValidPhone`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one phone number not marked as invalid.
`hasLocation`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one location.
`hasPhoneType`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	The profile has a phone number of this type. Takes the same values as the type of a phone number.
`hasWhatsApp`	`true`, `false`	The profile has a phone number reachable on WhatsApp.
`isTalent`	`true`, `false`	The profile is a talent — someone you recruit, followed in the ATS. A profile can be a talent and a contact at once.
`isContact`	`true`, `false`	The profile is a contact — a client or a hiring manager, followed in the CRM. A profile can be a contact and a talent at once.
`hasLinkedin`	`true`, `false`	The profile is matched to a LinkedIn account.
`hasResume`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one CV attached.
`isConnectedOnLinkedinWithMe`	`true`, `false`	The calling user is connected with this profile on LinkedIn, as recorded in the profile’s history.
`hasReplied`	`true`, `false`	The profile has answered at least once, on any channel.
`hasScheduledMessage`	`true`, `false`	A message or a connection invitation is still waiting to be sent to this profile.
`hasUnreadMessagesNotifications`	`true`, `false`	The profile has an unread message notification.
`firstPositionStartDate`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Start date of the earliest position on the profile — the usual way to reason about years of experience.
`lastPositionStartDate`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Start date of the current position, that is the one with no end date.
`currentPositions.companyId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	The profile currently works at this company. Takes the identifier of the LinkedIn company page, not a Jarvi company id.
`projectId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	The profile is associated with this project.
`statusId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Status of the profile. A parent status also matches profiles carrying any of its children, and the search is narrowed by the project or entity given in the context. Pass “other” for profiles whose status has no parent.
`hasProject`	`true`, `false`	The profile is associated with at least one project.
`projectCount`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	How many distinct projects the profile is associated with.
`emptyCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`filledCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`isInCrm`	`true`, `false`	The profile is followed in the CRM, meaning it is a contact. Same as isContact.
`isInAts`	`true`, `false`	The profile is followed in the ATS, meaning it is a talent. Same as isTalent.
`hasAttachedFiles`	`true`, `false`	The profile has at least one attached file.
`isOpenToNewOpportunities`	`true`, `false`	The profile is flagged as open to new opportunities.
`isHiring`	`true`, `false`	The profile is flagged as hiring.
`id`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Jarvi identifier of the profile, used in the public API and in app URLs.
`createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Technical timestamp of the row creation. For the date the profile entered the base, use addedAt (added_at) instead.
`addedAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Date the profile entered the group’s base — what recruiters read as “added on”. Set automatically when the profile is created or restored, unless the caller provides its own value, which is what imports do to keep the original date.
`externalId`	`_eq`, `_in`	Identifier of the profile in the client’s own system — their ATS, their CRM, or whatever calls the public API. Never a Jarvi identifier. Unique per group, and used to recognise a profile that is sent again.
`publicIdentifier`	`_eq`, `_in`	LinkedIn public slug, the part after linkedin.com/in/. Unique per group. The person can change it on LinkedIn, which makes it the least reliable of the LinkedIn identifiers.
`linkedinId`	`_eq`, `_in`	Numeric LinkedIn identifier of the person. Unique per group. Not to be confused with memberId (member_id), which holds the obfuscated “ACoAA…” identifier, nor with publicIdentifier (public_identifier), which holds the URL slug.
`primaryLocale`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Main language of the profile itself — the language its LinkedIn page or CV is written in. Different from the profiles_locales table, which lists the languages the person speaks and how well.
`auditLogs.createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	When the tracked change happened. This is the reference date for incremental synchronisation: fetching everything modified since a given date goes through this column.

Companies

Filter	Operators	What it matches
`companySearch`	`_search`	Searches company name and description, LinkedIn tagline and description, legal activity and NAF code, and custom fields — the target for keyword or industry searches.
`companyQuickSearch`	`_search`	Searches company name, email and phone — for name lookups only.
`companies.global`	`_search`	Company name and description.
`location`	`_near`	Geographic search. Use range 0 for an exact city or region match, or a radius in meters.
`customField`	`_search`	Value of a custom field. Target one field by suffixing its id, as in “customField.<fieldId>”.
`hasLinkedinCompanyId`	`true`, `false`	The company is matched to a LinkedIn company page.
`hasContacts`	`true`, `false`	The company has at least one profile associated as a contact.
`hasProject`	`true`, `false`	The company has at least one project.
`isParentCompany`	`true`, `false`	The company has at least one subsidiary.
`isSubsidiary`	`true`, `false`	The company has a parent company.
`isProtected`	`true`, `false`	The company is under protection, meaning its protection date is still in the future.
`statusId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Status of the company. A parent status also matches companies carrying any of its children.
`filledCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`emptyCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`id`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Jarvi identifier of the company, used in the public API and in app URLs.
`createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Date the company record was created. Data imports replace it with the creation date coming from the source ATS or CRM.
`externalId`	`_eq`, `_in`	Identifier of the company in the client’s own system. Unique per group, and used as the matching key by imports and by the public API.
`linkedinCompanyId`	`_eq`, `_in`	Link to the LinkedIn page data of this company. That data is shared across all groups, and a given LinkedIn page can be attached to at most one company per group.
`parentId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Parent company when this record is a subsidiary. Used as a single level: searching on a parent can include its direct subsidiaries, but not their own.
`auditLogs.createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	When the tracked change happened. This is the reference date for incremental synchronisation: fetching everything modified since a given date goes through this column.

Projects

Filter	Operators	What it matches
`projectNameSearch`	`_search`	Searches project name, its company name and its reference id — the target for project lookups.
`customField`	`_search`	Value of a custom field. Target one field by suffixing its id, as in “customField.<fieldId>”.
`hasJobBoardEnabled`	`true`, `false`	The project is published on at least one job board.
`hasLinkedinId`	`true`, `false`	The project is matched to a LinkedIn job posting.
`filledCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`emptyCustomFields`	`_all`, `_in`	Custom field UUIDs. _all requires every field, _in requires any of them.
`statusId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Status of the project. A parent status also matches projects carrying any of its children.
`id`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Jarvi identifier of the project, used in the public API and in app URLs.
`createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	Date the project was created. Data imports replace it with the creation date coming from the source ATS or CRM.
`externalId`	`_eq`, `_in`	Identifier of the project in the client’s own system. Unique per group, and used as the matching key by imports and by the public API.
`referenceId`	`_eq`, `_in`	The project reference id is used to map external job applications on website or jobboard to the project.
`companyId`	`_eq`, `_in`, `_is_null`	Client company the project is for. Optional — a project can exist without a company, and deleting the company clears the link rather than the project.
`auditLogs.createdAt`	`_eq`, `_gte`, `_lte`, `_is_null`	When the tracked change happened. This is the reference date for incremental synchronisation: fetching everything modified since a given date goes through this column.

These lists are generated from the search engine itself, so they are always what the API accepts. The same definitions are served as JSON Schema by GET /openapi, under ProfilesFilters, CompaniesFilters and ProjectsFilters.

Sorting

The orderBy parameter of each REST endpoint pairs one field with a direction:

?orderBy={"addedAt":"desc"}

The fields a resource accepts are listed in the parameter’s own documentation, on the endpoint page. Sorting on anything else falls back to the default order rather than failing.

Searching through GraphQL

The search query returns identifiers and a total, which you then load in a second call. Fetching in two steps is what keeps a search fast, whatever the size of the records:

query FindDevelopers {
  search(
    resource: "profiles"
    filters: { globalSearch: { _search: "javascript AND react" }, isTalent: true }
    sort: { field: "addedAt", order: "DESC" }
    limit: 50
  ) {
    ids
    total
  }
}

query LoadThem($ids: [uuid!]!) {
  profiles(where: { id: { _in: $ids } }) {
    id
    firstName
    lastName
  }
}

resource is profiles, companies or projects. filters takes the same object as the REST where parameter.

Moving off `_ilike`

Instead of	Write
`{"lastName": {"_ilike": "%Dupont%"}}`	`{"quickSearch": {"_search": "Dupont"}}`
`{"emailAddresses": {"email": {"_ilike": "%@acme.com"}}}`	`{"emails": {"_search": "acme.com"}}`
`{"headline": {"_ilike": "%developer%"}}`	`{"globalSearch": {"_search": "developer"}}`
`{"name": {"_ilike": "%Acme%"}}` (companies)	`{"companyQuickSearch": {"_search": "Acme"}}`
`{"externalId": {"_ilike": "ABC-123"}}`	`{"externalId": {"_eq": "ABC-123"}}`

An identifier or a URL is never a search: match it with _eq, which uses its own index.

Something missing, or a filter you expected and did not find? Write to us — the list above is driven by the engine, so adding a filter to it is a small change.

Generalities

Use cases

REST API Reference

GraphQL API Reference

Why `_search`

Using the operator

Query syntax

Whole words, not fragments

Filters, resource by resource

Profiles

Companies

Projects

Sorting

Searching through GraphQL

Moving off `_ilike`

​Why _search

​Using the operator

​Query syntax

​Whole words, not fragments

​Filters, resource by resource

​Profiles

​Companies

​Projects

​Sorting

​Searching through GraphQL

​Moving off _ilike

Why `_search`

Using the operator

Query syntax

Whole words, not fragments

Filters, resource by resource

Profiles

Companies

Projects

Sorting

Searching through GraphQL

Moving off `_ilike`