The search box in the Live Events action bar lets you narrow the stream to anything that matters. Two modes:
Plain text — case-insensitive substring
Matches across platform / event name / method / account ID / URL. Type purchase and you'll see every event named purchase, every URL containing purchase, every method called purchase — all at once.
purchase
view_item
G-9X4K2MZ7QP
shop.example.com
Regex — wrap in slashes
Wrap your pattern in /…/flags for a JS regex literal. The flags work just like JavaScript's:
/^add_to_/i → starts with "add_to_", case-insensitive
/purchase|begin_checkout/i
/G-[A-Z0-9]+/ → any GA4 measurement ID
/^Page(View|view)$/
Combining filters
Search composes with the platform filter chips. To see only Meta events whose name contains "view":
- Click the Meta chip in the action bar
- Type
viewin the search box
Live results
Filtering runs on every keystroke. The result count next to the input updates in real time. Past events stay visible — only the visible set is filtered, not the buffer.
tip
Combine search with Pause when investigating: pause the stream, type your regex, and you've got a frozen, filtered view to work through.
What's NOT searched
- The full payload body isn't searched from the Live Events box — open the drawer and use its inline filter to search a single payload's parameters.
- Cookies and storage live in the Audit tab — they have their own filter.