How to use Full Text Search

Fintel offers full-text search capabilities that allow people to query SEC filings using complex expressions. This guide provides a quick introduction to the search syntax. Pro tip: if you are familiar with advanced searching with Google, the syntax is very similar. If you know Elasticsearch syntax, even better. (We use Elasticsearch).

At the most basic, a simple keyword search such as:

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will search for documents that match ALL of the keywords. It uses proprietary algorithms to rank the documents to generate the best search results.

The search syntax allows combinations of operators, such as

elon musk compensation -kimball

There are many more possibilities. This is just a start.