diff --git a/changelog.xml b/changelog.xml
index 5d00d03..f6e4ff9 100644
--- a/changelog.xml
+++ b/changelog.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 		</Change>
 		<Change>[Feature #18150] Get Shareable Link coy to clipboard facility
 		</Change>
-		<Change>[Bug #18577] Fixing Shareable link informative text for public file</Change>
+		<Change>[Bug #18577] Fixing Shareable link informative text for public
+			file
+		</Change>
+		<Change>[Feature #18174] Workspace Search facility, business logic
+			applied on workspace side
+		</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset
 		component="org.gcube.portlets-user.workspace-portlet-tree.6-28-1"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ec7013..34113bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>workspace-tree-widget</artifactId>
-	<version>6.29.0</version>
+	<version>6.29.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gCube Workspace Tree Widget</name>
 	<description>
 		gCube Workspace Tree Widget is a widget to navigate and interact with gCube Workspace 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
index 545e644..201c1b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/server/GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ import com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalServiceUtil;
  */
 public class GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements GWTWorkspaceService {
 
+	public static final String JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH = "%";
+	public static final String CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH = "\""; //is double quote
 	protected static final String IDENTIFIER_IS_NULL = "Identifier is null";
 	protected static final String RETRIEVING_ITEM_EITHER_ITEM_DOESN_T_EXIST = " retrieving item. Either the item doesn't exist anymore or you do not have the permission to access it";
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2828885661214875589L;
@@ -2422,9 +2424,22 @@ public class GWTWorkspaceServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements GWT
 				workspaceLogger.debug("searching folderId is null, searching from the root folder");
 				folderId = workspace.getRoot().getId();
 			}
+			
+			workspaceLogger.debug("applying business logic for searching, see #18174");
+			
+			System.out.println("\n\nInput searched text is: "+text);
+			String toSearch = text;
+			if(toSearch.startsWith(CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH) && toSearch.endsWith(CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH)){
+				workspaceLogger.info("Detected intent of exactly matching (the input text is between "+CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH+" char)");
+				toSearch = toSearch.substring(1,toSearch.length()-1);
+				workspaceLogger.info("exactly matching changed the input text to: "+toSearch);
+			}else {
+				toSearch = String.format("%s%s%s", JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH,toSearch,JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH);
+				workspaceLogger.info("prepending and appending the wildcard "+JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH+", changed the input text to: "+toSearch);
+			}
 
-			workspaceLogger.info("searching by text: " + text + " in the folder id: " + folderId);
-			List<org.gcube.common.storagehubwrapper.shared.tohl.WorkspaceItem> foundItems = workspace.search(text, folderId);
+			workspaceLogger.info("backend searching for text: " + toSearch + " in the folder id: " + folderId);
+			List<org.gcube.common.storagehubwrapper.shared.tohl.WorkspaceItem> foundItems = workspace.search(toSearch, folderId);
 			
 			if(foundItems==null) {
 				workspaceLogger.info("Searching by SHUB returned null, instancing empty list");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/TestEncodeDecodeBase64.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/TestEncodeDecodeBase64.java
index 449d7f8..152d586 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/TestEncodeDecodeBase64.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/workspace/TestEncodeDecodeBase64.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  */
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.workspace;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
 import org.gcube.common.encryption.StringEncrypter;
 import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.workspace.server.util.StringUtil;
@@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.workspace.server.util.StringUtil;
  */
 public class TestEncodeDecodeBase64 {
 
+	public static final String CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH = "\""; //is double quote
 	static final String SCOPE = "/gcube";
+	private static final String JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH = "%";
 //	static String folderId = "e7b6bc31-8c35-4398-a7fd-492e391e17d2";
 	static String folderId = "ce4866ee-8079-4acf-bcd6-1c9dd786eb73";
 
@@ -33,6 +37,25 @@ public class TestEncodeDecodeBase64 {
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
 		try {
+			
+			String[] listTexts = new String[]{"data","data%", "\"mydata\""};
+			
+			for (String text : listTexts) {
+				System.out.println("\n\nInput searched text is: "+text);
+				String toSearch = text;
+				if(toSearch.startsWith(CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH) && toSearch.endsWith(CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH)){
+					System.out.println("Detected intent of exactly mathing, the searched text is between "+CHAR_FOR_SEARCHING_WITH_EXACTLY_MATCH+" char");
+					toSearch = toSearch.substring(1,toSearch.length()-1);
+					System.out.println("the searched text for exactly mathing is: "+toSearch);
+				}else {
+					toSearch = String.format("%s%s%s", JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH,toSearch,JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH);
+					System.out.println("prepending and appending the wildcard "+JCR_WILDCARD_TO_SEARCH+", changed the input text to: "+toSearch);
+				}
+				System.out.println("backend searched text is: "+toSearch);
+			}
+			
+			/*
+			
 			ScopeProvider.instance.set(SCOPE);
 			System.out.println("Folder Id: "+folderId);
 			encode();
@@ -42,6 +65,7 @@ public class TestEncodeDecodeBase64 {
 				System.out.println("Encrypt/Decript works!");
 			else
 				System.out.println("Encrypt/Decript doesn't work!");
+			*/
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
 			// TODO Auto-generated catch block