Overview
The Broadstripes search builder lets you search for very specific event-related information, including who has attended a rally in the last month or signed a card in the past week. In Broadstripes, that type of information is recorded as events and event steps. Keep in mind that events are created and customized by users and admins, so each project will have its own unique events. (Learn more in the creating events article.)
In this article, we’ll show you how to search based on an event called “Card” to find all the people who have signed a card within a specific timeframe.
Build a search to capture events in time
In another article, we built a search to look at people who had not yet signed cards. For this article, we’re going to assume it’s a week later, and we want to see how many new cards have been signed since we ran that previous search. Here’s how:
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Start a new search by clicking the Search Builder button to the right of the search box at the top of the page.
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A search building panel opens below the search box.
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Since we want to limit our search to workers who have signed a card in the last week, choose the Card - Signed event step from the left-hand drop-down menu in the search builder.
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In the middle drop-down menu, select was checked on or after.
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In the right-hand text box, type last week.
Broadstripes accepts natural language date terms like “last week,” “6 months ago,” or “yesterday.” You can also use a calendar date like “2/20/2025.”
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Click the Search button to run the search. All contacts who have had their card signed within the specified timeframe display in the Search Results page.
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To see a count of the total number of contacts in the search results at a glance, check the Showing X contacts indicator in the upper-right corner of the search results page.
Date operators for events
When you select an event or event step keyword in the search builder, the following date-based operators are available:
| Operator | Description |
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| was checked on | Matches contacts where the event step was checked on a specific date |
| was not checked on | Excludes contacts where the event step was checked on a specific date |
| was checked before | Matches contacts where the event step was checked before a specific date |
| was checked after | Matches contacts where the event step was checked after a specific date |
| was checked on or before | Matches contacts where the event step was checked on or before a specific date |
| was checked on or after | Matches contacts where the event step was checked on or after a specific date |
Date value examples
You can enter dates in multiple formats:
| Format | Example |
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| Natural language (relative) | last week, 6 months ago, yesterday, 2 days ago |
| Calendar date | 2/20/2025, 12/01/2024 |
