> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.open-metadata.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Discovery

> Search and discover data assets across your metadata catalog

# Discovery

The Discovery API provides full-text search and field-level querying across all entity types in your metadata catalog. Under the hood, OpenMetadata uses **Elasticsearch** to index and search metadata, giving you powerful query capabilities including fuzzy matching, filters, and aggregations.

## Available Endpoints

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Search Entities" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/v1.12.x/api-reference/discovery/search">
    Full-text search across all entity types using Elasticsearch query syntax. Supports pagination, sorting, filtering, and index-specific searches.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Field Query" icon="filter" href="/v1.12.x/api-reference/discovery/field-query">
    Search for entities by specific field values such as column names, tags, owners, or service names.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Search Indexes

OpenMetadata maintains separate search indexes for each entity type. You can search across all indexes or target a specific one:

| Index                        | Description                    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `all`                        | Search across all entity types |
| `table_search_index`         | Tables                         |
| `topic_search_index`         | Topics (Kafka, etc.)           |
| `dashboard_search_index`     | Dashboards                     |
| `pipeline_search_index`      | Pipelines                      |
| `mlmodel_search_index`       | ML Models                      |
| `container_search_index`     | Storage containers             |
| `search_entity_search_index` | Search indexes                 |
| `glossary_term_search_index` | Glossary terms                 |
| `tag_search_index`           | Tags and classifications       |
| `user_search_index`          | Users                          |
| `team_search_index`          | Teams                          |
| `domain_search_index`        | Domains                        |
| `data_product_search_index`  | Data products                  |