# UI Search Features # Learn about Cognitive Search as an End User! [](https://learn.squirro.com/learn/courses/144/cognitive-search-for-end-users/lessons) Visit [Cognitive Search for End Users](https://learn.squirro.com/learn/courses/144/cognitive-search-for-end-users/lessons) for non-technical training and certification related to Squirro Cognitive Search usage and features as an end user. This section contains Squirro UI search features including the following: - [Concept Search](concept-search.md#search-concept) - [Email Alerts](email-alerts.md#search-email-alerts) - [Favorite Filters](favorite-filters.md#favorite-filters) - [Other People Ask](other-people.md#search-other-people) - [Popular Query Suggestions](popular-query.md#search-popular-query) - [Question Answering](qa.md#search-qa) - [Query Syntax](query-syntax.md#search-query-syntax) - [Semantic and Hybrid Search](semantic-search.md#search-semantic) - [Spellchecking](spellcheck.md#search-spellcheck) - [Typeahead Suggestions](typeahead.md#search-typeahead) ## Concept Search The _Concept Search_ feature is exposed to end users in the form of a search icon when selecting a section of text. When clicking on that search, a concept search is executed returning documents that match the key aspects of the selected text. [](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/migrated-attachments/2727673878/2727673885.png) To learn more, see [Concept Search](concept-search.md#search-concept). ## Email Alerts An email alert notifies end users by email when new items matching a saved query arrive in a project. Alerts are built on top of favorites, and are configured from the same dialog. To learn more, see [Email Alerts](email-alerts.md#search-email-alerts). ## Favorite Filters A favorite saves a search or query for easy access and navigation, creating a dynamic list of results that is updated every time the favorite is selected. To learn more, see [Favorite Filters](favorite-filters.md#favorite-filters). ## Other People Ask Squirro logs and store project searches via _Activity Monitoring_. This stored information is used to provide typeahead suggestions to search end users in the form of Other People Ask suggestions. This feature provides search suggestions that go beyond simple keyword matching and superficial similarity. To learn more about Other People Ask, see [Other People Ask](other-people.md#search-other-people). For a step-by-step guide to adjusting this feature, see [How to Use The Other People Ask Feature](../how-to-guides/how-other-people.md#search-how-other-people). ## Popular Query Suggestions While typing in a query, query suggestions are suggested to the user as autocompletion with the suggested queries ranked on popularity and relevance. To learn more, see [Popular Query Suggestions](popular-query.md#search-popular-query). ## Query Syntax You can use query syntax within Squirro search bars to return better, more refined search results. See [Query Syntax](query-syntax.md#search-query-syntax) for further details, or download the [`Advanced Query Syntax Cheat Sheet`](../../../_downloads/695ba78502cfb95249e9c8f3406d9d8c/cheat-sheet-query-syntax-rev5.pdf). ## Question Answering This feature provides specific answers to search queries phrased as a question. It does so by extracting answers as spans from contextual texts supplied together with the question. [](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/qa-example.png) To learn more about Question Answering, see [Question Answering](qa.md#search-qa). For a step-by-step guide to adjusting this feature, see [How To Use The Question Answering Feature](../how-to-guides/how-qa.md#search-how-qa). ## Search Bar Chips When you enter a search query, Squirro automatically converts your query into chips to show you your query syntax. Learn more about [Search Bar Chips](chips.md#search-chips). ## Semantic Search For information on setting up semantic search within specific dashboards, see [Semantic and Hybrid Search](semantic-search.md#search-semantic). ## Spellcheck This feature provides spelling suggestions to search queries that the [Spelling Correction Widget](../../widgets/built-in/spelling.md#widgets-bi-spelling) identifies as misspelled. To learn more, see [Spellchecking](spellcheck.md#search-spellcheck). ## Typeahead Squirro Cognitive Search offers a rich set of typeahead features. (External to Squirro, _typeahead_ is sometimes referred to as _predictive search_, _search as you type_, _incremental search_, or _real-time search suggestions._) ) [](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/search/searchbar_suggestions.png) This includes typeahead based on document features such as content, labels, and communities, and based on user interactions such as saved searches, search history, and popular queries. For more information on typeahead, see [Typeahead Suggestions](typeahead.md#search-typeahead).