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title: Global text search suggestions
description: Global text search offers two types of search suggestions.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/r\_GlobalTextSearchSuggestions.html
release: australia
product: Search Administration
classification: search-administration
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Global search finds records from multiple tables, Zing text indexing and search engine, Search administration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Global text search suggestions

Global text search offers two types of search suggestions.

The knowledge base and global text searches provide suggestions as you type. Type-ahead suggestions appear under the search box. Suggestions are based on similar searches that begin with the same characters.

\[Omitted image "TypeAheadSuggestions.png"\] Alt text: Type-ahead search suggestions.

The knowledge base and global text searches also provide suggestions for alternate search terms. Suggestions appear if your original search doesn't return any results and an alternate spelling or similar recent search does. For example, if you misspell a search term \(such as eail\), the correct spelling \(email\) may appear as an alternate search suggestion. Suggestions appear beneath the search box on the results page.

\[Omitted image "DidYouMeanSuggestions.png"\] Alt text: Alternate term suggestions.

**Note:** The type-ahead search suggestions feature is only available in the UI15 interface.

-   **[Update a type-ahead suggestion](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/t_UpdateATypeAheadSuggestion.md)**  
The knowledge base and global text searches provide suggestions as you type. These type-ahead suggestions are compiled on a nightly basis by a scheduled job.
-   **[Configure "Did you mean?" suggestions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/t_ConfigureADidYouMeanSuggestion.md)**  
The Knowledge Base and global text searches can provide "Did you mean?" suggestions. Suggestions appear if a search doesn't return any results and an alternate spelling or similar recent search does. This feature is disabled by default.

**Parent Topic:**[Global search finds records from multiple tables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/search-administration/c_GlobalTextSearch.md)

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