Our search functionality is a full-text search, which means that it searches both the titles and the text of topics. You can enter text to search for in the search box and select whether to search for All words, Any words, or the Exact phrase you entered.
When you use the All words search option, you can further narrow your search using the following terms and wild cards:
- AND: Finds topics which include both the words supplied.
For example, searching for
user and passwordwill find topics that include both the words user and password. - NOT: Finds topics which do not include the word supplied.
For example, searching for
account not userwill find topics that include the word account but will exclude from the search results any topics that include the word user (even if they include the word account). - *: A wild card used to represent zero or more letters or numbers.
For example, searching for
admin*will find topics that include the words Admin, Administer, Administering, Administration, Administrator, and Administrators.
You can combine these terms and wild cards. For example, searching for administrat* and user not cloud will return topics which include the words administration, administrator and administrators as well as the word user, but will exclude from the results any topics which include the word cloud.
You can use all these search methods in any book in the documentation library.