Universal Search Query Types
| Search Query Type |
Character |
Example Query |
Search Behavior |
| Exact Match (Single Keyword) |
Enclosed " " |
"Test Sample" |
Search will return the keyword for exact match for the keyword |
| All Keywords (AND Condition) |
Prefix + |
[+Test +Sample] |
Search will return the documents that contain both keywords Test and Sample |
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[+(Test Sample) +(Project)] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword (Test or Sample) and Project keyword |
| AND |
AND |
[Test AND Sample] |
Search will return documents that contain both keywords |
| Any Keywords (OR Condition) |
OR |
[Test OR Sample] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword Test or Sample |
|
| ( default) |
[(Test | Sample)] |
Search for documents containing the keyword Test or Sample |
| Not Keyword |
NOT |
[Test NOT Sample] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword Test and do not contain the keyword Sample |
|
Prefix ! |
[(!Test Sample)] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword Sample and not contain the keyword Test |
|
Prefix - |
[+Test -Sample] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword Test and not contain the keyword Sample |
| Wildcard |
* |
[Test*], [Te*st], [/.*Test/] |
Suffixing * will return search results containing words that begin with the keyword. Infixing * returns words that begin with Te and end with st. |
|
? |
[Test?], [Test?r], [/.?Test/] |
The search results will contain only one character as a wildcard. |
| Regex |
Enclosed / |
[/Test.*/] |
Search for documents matching the regular expression (regex) |
| Fuzzy Search |
Append ~ |
[Test~] |
Search will return documents that contain the keyword Test or similar words like West, Best (useful for typo detection) |
| Fuzzy Search with character count |
Append ~2 |
[Test~2] |
Same as above, but limits the search results to keywords similar to Test by no more than two characters |
| Boost |
Append ^ |
[Test^50 Sample] |
Search will return documents containing both Test and Sample, but with more preference to Test. Boost score for Test by 50. |
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[Test^0.1 Sample] |
Search will return documents containing both Test and Sample, but Test will be given the least preference (score of 0.1) |
| Field Search |
FieldName:Keyword |
[Title:/.*FinalTest.*/] |
Search will return documents that have "FinalTest" in their title. |
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[Title:/.*FinalTest.*/ AND Sample] |
Search will return documents that have "FinalTest" in their title and also contain the keyword Sample. |
