You can perform an advanced search, using metadata properties and location, to find objects or documents.

In the portal banner, click Advanced Search.

• To search for text in the name or description of an object or document, type the text you want to search for in the Search for text box. You can use the text search rules.
• To search for property values, click Add Criteria, and specify the property criteria in the boxes that appear:
  1. In the first drop-down list (property), select the searchable property for which you want to filter the values.
  2. In the second drop-down list (operator), select the operator to apply to this condition. This list will vary depending on the property selected:
     
     • For any text property you can search for a value that contains your search string (Contains), or you can search for properties that are blank (Contains No Value).
       Note: To exclude results with particular values, select Contains, then type "not" followed by words that you want to exclude from your search. For example, if you want to search for documents about retirement benefits, excluding pension plans, then type "retirement benefits" in the Search for text box, select Contains from the drop-down list, and type "not pension plan" in the text box.
     • For any date property you can search for a value that comes after, comes before, is, or is not the date and time you choose or for a value that occurs in the last number of minutes, hours, days, or weeks that you specify.
     • For any number property you can search for a value that is greater than, is less than, is, is not, is greater than or equal to, or is less than or equal to the number you enter in the text box.
  3. In the Value text box, enter the value the property must have, or not have, depending on which operator you selected.
     Note: If you are searching for a text property, you can use the text search rules.
• To remove a property condition, select the condition and click (next to Add Criteria).
• Specify how you want your search criteria handled:

  • To meet all the conditions you define, select All Criteria.

    Selecting All Criteria is equivalent to using AND.

  • If you want your search results to meet at least one of the conditions you define, select Any Criterion.

    Selecting Any Criterion is equivalent to using OR.

• To restrict your search to specific Knowledge Directory folders, click Add Document Folder. In the Select folder for search dialog box, select the folders you want to search and click OK.
• To remove folders from your list, select the folders and click (to the right of Add Document Folder). To select or clear all folder boxes, select or clear the box next to Folder Names.
• Specify whether you want to include subfolders. By default, the portal searches subfolders. To exclude subfolders from your search, clear the box next to Include subfolders.
• To specify the number of results to display on a page, in the Results per page drop-down list, choose a value.
• To restrict your search to a specific language, in the This language only drop-down list, choose a language.
• To limit your search to specific object types, in the Result Types list, select the object types you want to search. To select or clear all object type boxes, select or clear the box next to Object Type.
• To set all search conditions back to the defaults, click Clear.
• To perform your search, click Search.