Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for data retrieval in a group-based communication system

A computer-implemented method for improving data retrieval in a group-based communication platform, comprising:

• receiving, from a client device, a first search query comprising a first search string;
• identifying a first index object of a plurality of index objects based at least in part on the first search string;
• retrieving a first message object based at least in part on the first index object, wherein the first message object comprises at least one element content attribute and at least one element style attribute;
• and
• causing rendering of the first message object within a group-based communication user interface on the client device based at least in part on the at least one element content attribute and the at least one element style attribute.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:

• receive, from a client device, a first search query comprising a first search string;
• identify a first index object of a plurality of index objects based at least in part on the first search string;
• retrieve a first message object based at least in part on the first index object, wherein the first message object comprises at least one element content attribute and at least one element style attribute;
• and
• cause rendering of the first message object within a group-based communication user interface on the client device based at least in part on the at least one element content attribute and the at least one element style attribute.