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Subsearch - what is the scope of the outer search?

wang
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When using subsearch, What is the scope of the outer search? Is the outer search executed against the result set of the inner search?

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ziegfried
Influencer

No, the outer search is executed. The subsearch only appends criteria to the outer search. You can look at the generated criteria by running your subsearch and appending | format

<your subsearch> | format
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