You can use the IBM FileNet Search web part to search for content located in an IBM FileNet P8 object store. The web part provides both basic and advanced search options. This topic covers how to use the basic search to find content.
You can perform a variety of actions on the documents and folders in the search results. The actions are described in Interact with documents and folders.
The options you have when entering search text depend on whether the object store is indexed for full-text searching.
In an indexed object store ("Document contains") | In a non-indexed object store ("Name starts with") |
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Basic search looks for specific words or phrases in a document or in string properties that have been configured for full-text indexing. Basic search displays documents matching all of the words or phrases you enter, ranked by their relevancy. The relevancy is reflected in the Score column, which assigns a rank between 0 and 1. A higher score indicates a result with a closer match to the entered search text. TIP If you want to find text in a document's title and exclude matches in the document's content, use the advanced search option to look for the text in the Title property. Using wildcard charactersIf you are not sure of the spelling or other variation used in the document you are searching for, you can use the following wildcard characters in your search text:
Matching an exact word or phraseTo match an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in double quotes. This is especially useful for proper names or common phrases. For example, searching for John Adams would return documents containing U. S. presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Searching for "John Adams" would return only those documents containing John Adams. |
Basic search looks for matches in the document name. By default, it looks at the beginning of the name. Using wildcard charactersIf you are not sure of the spelling or other variation used in the name of the document you are searching for, you can use the following wildcard characters in your search text:
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NOTE Keep the following in mind when searching in an indexed object store:
Select the object store or folder where you want to start your search. Search looks in all subfolders of the selected object store or folder.
You can select a document to view or to perform various actions. You can view the available actions in the context menu. See Interact with documents and folders for more information.