When you make a search, you enter search criteria in a text field or in a free text fields. Search operators can be typed with small letters, capital letters, or a mix.
Search operators
| Operator | Name | Used where? | Description |
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| * | Wild card |
Free text fields and text fields |
Replaces one or more characters. Example If you type:
Note: Using prefixed wild cards is not recommended in free text searches, for example *day and *day*. This type of search can generate numerous search results and take very long time to perform.
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| ? | Question mark |
Free text fields |
Replaces exactly one character. Example: If you type Pe?ersen in the Free text field of the Add/Remove Parties dialog, the search finds all parties with the name Petersen or Pedersen but not Pettersen. |
| ^ | Hat (circumflex) |
Text fields |
Disregards casing. Example: Text field Title If you type ^*sun*, the search finds documents where a word in the Title field contains sun, for example, Sunday and sunlight. |
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| OR |
OR |
Free text fields: |and OR
Text fields: | |
Searches for items where one or more of the entered words occur. A free text search for documents will search in fields and in the document itself. Example: Find all documents where at least one of the words currency or exchange occur by typing currency OR exchange. |
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& AND |
AND |
Free text fields: & and AND
Text fields: (except for "Case title") |
Searches for items where all entered words occur. Example: Find all documents where the words currency and exchange occur by typing currency AND exchange (the words may exist as document properties or as indexed free text). Tip: If you want to search for the character &, not as an operator but, for example, as part of a contact, insert a backslash in front of the character, \&. That is, if you want to find Liebestraum, Immergut & Co, type Liebestraum, Immergut \& Co.
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~ NOT |
NOT |
Free text fields NOT |
Searches for items where words you type after the operator do not occur. Example: Find all documents where interest but not bank occur by typing interest NOT bank. Tip: Always search for an item containing this but not that. That is, searching for only NOT bank will not return any results.
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Multiple words or sentences
You can type one or more words in the search field:
- If you type one word, search results will contain this word.
- If you type multiple words, search results will contain exactly these words. For example, a sentence without operators: Does surface activity of the sun influence our climate.
- If you do not know the exact wording, it is recommended that you search for single words combined with search operators.