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Performing an Advanced Search Operation in Siebel Open UI

Advanced Search is enabled when a search engine has been configured and set as the default, see Activating the Search Engine.

To perform an advanced search operation in Siebel Open UI

1. Select Search from the application-level menu.
2. Click Advanced Search. The following table describes the Advanced Search options.

   Option	Description
   All these words	This option performs a Boolean AND search operation. This option returns only records and documents containing all search terms. For example, inputting Oracle Siebel returns only records and documents containing both Oracle and Siebel.
   Any of these words	This option performs a Boolean OR search operation. This option returns records and documents containing one or more of the search terms entered. For example, inputting Oracle Siebel returns records and documents containing Oracle, or Siebel, or both.
   Exact phrase	This option returns records and documents that exactly match the entered phrase. For example, searching for Oracle Secure Enterprise Search returns only records and documents that contain the entire phrase. NOTE:  Quotation marks are not supported for this field.
   None of these words	This option returns only records and documents that do not contain the search term. NOTE:  Quotation marks are not supported for this field.
   Source	The Advanced Search Source field displays the business components that have been indexed for that Search Definition. Select the business component or components to include in the advanced search operation.
   File Format	This option provides the ability to search by file format. The files are processed by MIME type for this search operation. The search can be filtered by the following file types: All HTML Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word PDF Plain text Rich Text Format
   Data Source	You can choose to retrieve your search results from multiple data sources. This feature is available if external data sources have been enabled, for example, a File System Connector or a Web Crawler Connector. To enable the File System Connector, see Configuring the Siebel File System Connector. To enable the Web Crawler Connector, see Process of Setting Up the Web Crawler Source and Connector.

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