Search and Export

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Search

The search page (sidebar > Tools > Search, or press G then /) provides full-text search across all your account's data.

Performing a Search

1. Navigate to the search page.
2. Enter your search term. Press / from anywhere in the app to focus the search input.
3. Results appear below, organized by type.

Filtering Results

Use the type filter tabs to narrow results:

Understanding Results

Each result shows:

• Type badge — Investigation, Timeline, Event, Claim, Source, or Entity
• Title — The object's title or name
• Context snippet — Matching text with your search term highlighted
• Provenance — For claims and events, the parent investigation is shown

Click any result to navigate to its detail page within the appropriate investigation context.

Search Behavior

• Search is full-text — it matches against the text content of all objects.
• Results are sorted by relevance.
• The search uses infinite scroll — scroll down to load more results.

Exporting Data

Canonical Timeline exports your data in structured formats suitable for analysis, sharing, or feeding into other tools.

Tier requirement: CSV, JSON, and Markdown export requires a Professional or Enterprise subscription. The Entity Graph PNG export is available on all tiers. See Account and Subscription for details.

Timeline CSV Export

From the Timeline lens: Click the CSV button in the toolbar.

The CSV export produces a flat table with one row per event-claim pair:

Best for: Spreadsheet analysis, data visualization, sharing with collaborators.

Timeline JSON (NDJSON) Export

From the Timeline lens: Click the JSON button in the toolbar.

Newline-delimited JSON — one JSON object per line, each with nested claims, entities, and location data.

Best for: Programmatic processing, feeding into language models, or importing into other systems.

Timeline Markdown Export

From the Timeline lens: Click the Markdown button in the toolbar.

Formatted document with event titles as headings, timestamps, descriptions, and claims with source references.

Best for: Generating investigation reports, handoff summaries, or documentation.

Entity Graph PNG Export

From the Knowledge lens entity graph:

1. Open the entity graph from an investigation's Knowledge lens.
2. Position and zoom the canvas to frame the section you want to capture.
3. Click the Export button (download icon).
4. A PNG image of the current viewport is downloaded.

Best for: Including in reports, presentations, or sharing graph visualizations.

Export File Naming

Data Portability

All exported data is in open, machine-readable formats. An organization can leave with every byte of curated data without vendor lock-in.

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