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Performing a Basic Search Operation

The type of object that you choose from the Look In list determines whether you execute a Find or a Search operation. Search results are filtered based on the user's Visibility ID. See the Access Control chapter in the Siebel Security Guide for more information on access control.

To perform a search

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click the binoculars on the application toolbar.
   • From the application-level menu, choose View, Action Pane, and then Search.

     The Search Center appears in a frame on the left part of the application window.

2. From the Look In list, select the Search Object you want to search against. The Look In list displays categories in the following order; each category is separated by a dotted line:
   • Find categories, which are Find objects that database queries can be executed against.
   • Search categories, which are business components that have been indexed and can be queried against.
   • External data sources, which are Search objects that have been indexed and can be queried against.
3. Enter your search criteria in the Search For field and click Go. The Search For field is disabled for Find operations. The following table describes supported operators for the search engine.

   NOTE: 

   Search Operator	Function	Syntax and Description
   * (Asterisk)	Wildcard	Placed at the end of a string, returns items containing the string, or containing the string plus any additional characters at the position at which it appears, up to (or beginning with) a space. For example, searching for the string Ora* returns all words beginning with Ora, such as Oracle and Orator.
   AND &	Boolean AND	Placed between search terms, returns only records and documents containing both terms. For example, searching for Oracle AND Siebel returns only records and documents containing both terms.
   OR |	Boolean OR	Placed between search terms, returns records and documents containing either term or both terms. For example, searching for Oracle OR Siebel returns only records and documents containing one or both terms.
   - NOT	Exclusion	Placed before search terms, returns only records and documents that do not contain the search term. For example, searching for Oracle -Siebel returns only records and documents that contain Oracle and that do not contain Siebel.
   " " (Quotation marks)	Phrase Search	Surrounds a string that, unless modified by a wildcard, must be matched exactly. Allows searching for groups of words in their exact order. For example, searching for "Oracle Secure Enterprise Search" returns only records and documents that contain the entire phrase Oracle Secure Enterprise Search.

   Oracle Secure Enterprise Search does not support single character searches.

   For more information on Oracle Secure Enterprise Search syntax rules, see Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Administrator's Guide.

4. From the Search Results view, click the hyperlink to go to the results of your search.

   Search results can be further refined by Relevance, DataSource, ResultType or Date.

NOTE:  Sorting is applied to the search results that appear in the results page rather than the entire result set.