Refer the following Table for different search operators for Document Content Search:
Searches within these file types only: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, PPT, HTML, HTM, PHP, ASP, JSP, PSP, TXT |
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Search Type |
Search Result Display |
Conditions |
Capitalization |
Search is not case sensitive. |
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Exact Word |
Search is for exact Word only |
If we search with Comment, document having Comments will not displayed |
Phrase searches |
Quotation marks "" around search terms denotes searching for exact matching text |
Double quotes should be in even numbers otherwise it will return 0 result in document listing. |
Boolean operator “AND”, "&&" |
Searches documents containing all the words specified |
"AND" to be entered in Upper case and cannot be the first or last characters in the search phrase |
"+" sign |
Searches for all the required words if user enters “+ “sign. |
(Users need to use a space before “+ “sign in the search terms). |
"!", "-" sign |
Excludes the word succeeding "-", "!" sign |
(Users need to enter a space before “-“sign in the search term). |
Boolean operator “OR”,"||" |
System searches for either of the words / terms specified |
"OR" should be specified in upper case. Cannot be the last character in query string |
Numrange search |
Searches and displays list of documents containing numbers in a given range. |
Range is two numbers, separated by "TO". Supports units of measurement or indicators of what the number range represents |
"*" asterisk mark |
Substitutes the "*" with word or phrase |
* cannot be prepended to the word or cannot be the only character word for search, will ignore it while searching otherwise |
Search within Filename/Header/Footer |
Searches for the word or phrase specified in header / footer / filename too by default |
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Single wild card search "?" |
Substitutes the "?" with a character |
Cannot be the first character in the query string |
Grouping |
User can use parentheses to group clauses to form sub queries |
Both - Opening and closing parentheses mandatory for correct results |
Escaping Special Characters |
We can use special characters + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ as literal character and not as a part of query syntax by escaping them using \ before the character. |
Cannot be the last character in the query string. |
Password Protected Files |
Password protected Excel files with protect workbook for windows option selected, can be indexed |
Following files can be indexed. |