Searching for Documents or Objects

You can search for documents or objects using the portal banner, using the Portal Search portlet, using advanced search, or using federated search. Each method of search uses the same text search rules.

Note: Only those documents or objects to which you have at least Read access appear in your results.

To search for documents or objects through the portal banner, type your search string in the box in the portal banner, and click Search.
To go directly to the result that your portal administrator has set as the top best bet for a term, without first seeing all the search results, type the top best bet operator (>) followed by your search string and click Search, or type your search string and click .
Note: If no top best bet has been set for the term, the regular search results appear.

Note: The top best bet button () is available only if enabled by your portal developer.
To search for documents or objects using a saved search, use the Portal Search portlet.
To search for documents or objects using metadata properties and location, click Advanced Search.
To search other content, portals, and web search engines, click Federated Search.
Note: The Federated Search button is available only if enabled by your portal developer.

Searching for Objects or Documents Using Advanced SearchYou can perform an advanced search, using metadata properties and location, to find objects or documents.
Searching Other Content, Portals, or Web Search Engines with Federated SearchYou can use federated search to search for content in web search engines (for example, Google or AltaVista), other portals, or other collections of information (for example, a Lotus Notes collection or a set of customer service incident reports).
Viewing Search Results from a Banner SearchWhen you perform a banner search, each item returned includes an icon to signify what type of document or object it is (for example, signifies a web page and signifies a user), the item name, the item description, when the item was last modified, and a link to view additional item properties.
Saving a SearchYou can save a search and access it later through the Portal Search portlet.
Managing Your Saved SearchesOn the Search Preferences page you can rename or delete your previously saved searches.
Refining Your Search ResultsYou can refine your search results by filtering items by type or searching again within your results.

Using Text Search Rules

Related reference

Search String Operators

AquaLogic Interaction User Guide

Searching for Documents or Objects