# Markdown search fields

Markdown writes 2 fields into Confluence's own search index. Once a page has been indexed you can filter and sort by them in Capable Search, and use them in ordinary Confluence CQL.

![The Capabilities group of a search side panel, showing Approval marked Approved, Diagrams with one diagram, and the Markdown panel expanded to show a single entry named Architecture Design added three](https://help.gocapable.com/images/91673d9f-d4e0-4c4a-b846-84b0b9b75de0.webp)

The panel lists each block of markdown on a page, with who added it and when.

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**A page indexing has not reached carries no values at all.** It does not match a query on these fields, and it does not come back as an empty result either. On a large site indexing takes hours to days to catch up.

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**The <hash> prefix is your installation's app hash.** Field names are written with it, so the exact string differs per site. Use the Copy CQL action in the search table rather than typing it.

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## The fields

| **Field**                             | **What it holds**                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Markdown References                   | Match pages that reference a given markdown asset.                                    |
| <hash>\_capable\_refs\_markdown\_refs | Ids of Capable library markdown documents referenced by a Markdown macro on the page. |

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## Related

[Quality search fields2 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/quality-search-fields.html)

[Jira issues search fields2 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/jira-issues-search-fields.html)

[Capable search fieldsEvery field, and how they work.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/capable-search-fields.html)

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_Indexed, then searchable. In that order._