You can type values for required and editable search conditions. For text strings, you can select from the available list of operators if the user designing the search specified the "is like" operator in Search Designer.
The user designing the search specifies the properties to search for. In addition, the search designer determines what conditions you can see and modify by specifying that each condition is either required, editable, read-only, or hidden.
The search page displays the non-hidden search conditions. Document-related conditions are displayed on top, folder-related conditions on the bottom. The conditions are grouped and nested in colored boxes to visually show how the conditions are combined with the AND and OR operators.
When a property applies to both documents and folders, the user designing the search can specify the property as common. Common conditions are displayed in both the document and folder sections of the search template; specifying a value in one section automatically updates the value of the corresponding property in the other section. Common conditions are identified by their icons; the paired document and folder property share the same name and relative position in the list of search conditions.
Using wildcardsFor string-based property values using the starts with, ends with, and contains options, search automatically inserts the wildcard character (%) in the appropriate location (at the end, beginning, or both) when running the search. You can optionally include additional wildcard characters as needed.
A content search returns documents that contain the text you specify in its content or indexed properties. If the user designing the search has included a content-based condition, the search prompts you to type text to search for.
If the search template prompt says... | the search looks for documents with content matching... |
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content contains (single word or phrase only) | a single word or phrase. Use an exclamation mark (!) to exclude the word or phrase from the search results. For example, searching for !music excludes any documents containing the word music. Typically you would use this in conjunction with another content-based condition. For example, in another condition you might type bass; excluding music in this condition allows you to see documents pertaining to sea fishing but excluding documents about bass quartets. |
content contains (all) | all words or phrases, in any order. You must type at least one word. |
content contains (any) | any words or phrases. You must type at least one word. |
content contains (in proximity) | the words or phrases, near each other. A proximity search looks
for all the words you specify, and ranks the results based on the
proximity of the matches. You must type two or more words or phrases. You cannot use double quotation marks to search for phrases in IBM® Content Search Services. |
content contains (in the same paragraph) | all words or phrases, in the same paragraph. You must type
two or more words or phrases. Available in IBM® Legacy Content Search Engine only. |
content contains (in the same sentence) | all words or phrases, in the same sentence. You must type two
or more words or phrases. Available in IBM Legacy Content Search Engine only. |
HTML/XML tag <tag name> | all words or phrases contained within the specified HTML or
XML tag. You must type at least one word. Available in IBM Legacy Content Search Engine only. |
content matches VQL query | a structured query using the IBM Legacy
Content Search Engine query language. Available in IBM Legacy Content Search Engine only. See the IBM Legacy Content Search Engine documentation for further information about structured queries. |
Here are some tips to help you maximize the effectiveness of your content search.
Matching an exact word or phrase | To 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. A content search not only looks for your search terms, but also for words that are similar to those terms. For example, searching for the word month would return documents containing the words month or months. To exclude variations of a single word, you can enclose the word in double quotes. |
Matching case | Enclose a word or phrase in double quotes to force the search
results to match case. Available in IBM Legacy Content Search Engine only; searches in IBM Content Search Services are not case-sensitive. |
Searching for common words | By default, a content search automatically ignores common words such as the, in, or and. To search for common words as part of a phrase, enclose them in double quotes. |
Using wildcard characters | If you are not sure of the spelling or other variation used
in the document you are searching for, you can use a wildcard character
in your search term.
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