Avochato allows you to use special search parameters to isolate contacts based on Tags, Field Values, Created Date, Broadcast audience and more. Searches can be initiated within the Contacts tab of Avochato, and follow a common set of logic and search patterns.
Search by Tags
Using the following syntax (case sensitive), you can search for contacts using tags.
Find all contacts with two tags:
tags: āredā AND tags: āblueā

Find all contacts with one of two tags:
tags: āredā OR tags: āblueā

Find all contacts with one tag but not another:
tags: āredā AND NOT tags: āblueā

Search by Created Date
Search contact by created date or created date range. Using the folowing syntax, you can search for contacts created between December 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 with:
created_at: ā2022/12/01...2022/12/31ā
To search for a contact created on a specific date use created_at:"2022-12-08ā
Search by Broadcast
Using the same logic, you can search contacts by broadcast audience. Each member of a broadcastās audience has a hidden tag specific to that broadcast. To locate the hidden tag, navigate to the Broadcast results page and click on the specific broadcast. From there, click āX Contactsā

This will direct you to a search in the inbox. You can copy this search parameter (tags: ābroadcast:xyzā) and paste it into the Contacts tab like you would for any other tag. You can also string these together using āANDā, āORā, or āNOTā commands as highlighted above.


You can also append different suffixes onto any particular broadcast tag to get more specific results. These include:
- tags: ābroadcast:XYZ:successā
- Contacts for whom the broadcast messageās delivery is confirmed
- tags: ābroadcast:XYZ:failureā
- Contacts for whom the broadcast message failed
- tags: ābroadcast:XYZ:attemptedā
- Contacts for whom the broadcast message was attempted (could include both successes and failures)
- tags: ābroadcast:XYZ:undeliveredā
- Contacts for whom the broadcast message was not attempted
- tags: ābroadcast:XYZ:repliedā
- Contacts that have replied to the initial broadcast message (before any subsequent outbound message took place)
Note: These appended tags can also be found by clicking various corresponding blue links on the Broadcast Results page
Search by Field Value
You also have the option of searching contacts by specific field value or custom field value.
Find all Contacts with a Specific Field Value:
Example:
fields:āfavorite_movie=The Godfatherā
- Favorite Movie is the field name. When the field name is two+ words, the words need to be separated by an underscore, e.g. āfavorite_movieā is correct, not āfavorite movieā.
- The Godfather is the field value. When the field value is two+ words, it does use spaces, not an underscore, .e.g. āThe Godfatherā is correct.

Using the following syntax (case sensitive), you can search for contacts using custom fields.
fields:āfield_name=field valueā
Find all contacts with missing value
NOT _exists_:field
Example:Ā NOT _exists_:name will pull a list of all contacts without a name in Avochato.