Searching a teamspace or object store for an object

You can limit your search to include only teamspaces, tasks, meetings, documents, discussion postings (topics and replies), polls, emails, or teamspace members. Depending on the type of teamspace object you search for, you have different options available for narrowing your search. The table summarizes the search criteria you can use for each object type.

object type: find objects matching:
any object keyword and its derivatives
teamspaces keyword and its derivatives
tasks keyword and its derivatives, assignee, task status, and/or the due date range
meetings keyword and its derivatives and/or the scheduled starting time
documents keyword and its derivatives, and/or the date of the last modification
postings keyword and its derivatives, and/or the posting date
polls keyword and its derivatives, poll author, and/or poll closing date
email keyword and its derivatives, and/or the date sent
teamspace members keyword and its derivatives

Search displays a list of objects matching the search criteria. If you have the proper access rights, you can go directly to an object by clicking on it from the list. (You cannot go directly to teamspace members, or to documents that are not managed by a teamspace.) If radio buttons are available next to the search result items, select the button to perform an action, such as adding the object to the clipboard. (Some actions are not available for all objects. For example, you cannot copy a teamspace member or an email attachment to the clipboard.)

Keyword searches use the FileNet P8 Platform content-based retrieval (CBR) functionality for searching. You can enter one or more words, or a natural language query as the basis for the search.

Searches are performed using the Verity FREETEXT Context Search option. By default, the TCM application does not support other operators supported by FileNet P8 platform Content Based Retrieval (CBR). You can add support for these operators in your own custom applications through the Collaboration API. See CBR queries using the Enterprise Manager for more information on the options supported for CBR queries.

TCM application administrators should refer to Configuring CBR to support searching in TCM for information on how to configure the Content Engine to work with TCM.