---
title: SKSearchGroupRef
framework: Core Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 13.0+, macOS 10.3+]
path: coreservices/sksearchgroupref
---

# SKSearchGroupRef

Deprecated. Use asynchronous searching with SKSearchCreate instead, which does not employ search groups.

## Declaration

```occ
typedef struct __SKSearchGroup *SKSearchGroupRef;
```

## Discussion

Discussion Defines an opaque data type representing a search group. A search group is a group of one or more indexes to be searched. To create a search group, use SKSearchGroupCreate. For other operations with search groups, see Fast Asynchronous Searching.