Using Advanced Search

Search Services includes an Advanced Search feature that provides a convenient way to generate advanced search queries.

  To use advanced search:

  1. Click the Advanced Search link on the Search Results page, or select Tools, and then Advanced Search.

  2. Enter or select the desired search criteria and the click Search.

Advanced search options:

  • All words—Each document in the search results contains all the keywords entered.

  • At least one word—Each document in the search results contains at least one of the keywords entered.

  • Without the words—Each document in the search results does not contain any of the keywords entered.

  • Written in (language)—Restricts the results to documents written in a specified language.

    The language is determined by an entry in the metadata and may not be applicable to all document types.

    To refine a search to allow for multiple languages, edit the search text field at the top of the Search Results page.

  • Created in the past—Restricts results to documents created within a specified time frame.

    The Custom date option activates a calendar control to search for documents created on a specified date.

    The Custom date range option activates calendar controls to search for documents created in a specified date range.

  • Modified in the past—Restricts results to documents modified within a specified time frame.

    The Custom date option activates a calendar control to search for documents last modified on a specified date.

    The Custom date range option activates calendar controls to search for documents last modified in a specified date range.

  • In folder––Restricts results to a specified repository and folder name.

  • Only search (document type)—Restricts results to documents of a specified MIME type.

    To allow for multiple document types, edit the search text field at the top of the Search Results page. For example, change sales +MimeType:application/x-brioquery to sales +(MimeType:application/x-brioquery MimeType:application/pdf).

  • Hidden file options—Defines whether to retrieve hidden files. The "hidden" attribute of a file is set within the context of its repository. For example, it can be viewed or altered by the Properties dialog in the Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service Workspacerepository.

  • Priority—Restricts the results to documents of High or Normal priority. The “priority” attribute of a file is set within the context of its repository. For example, it can be viewed or altered by the Properties dialog in the Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service Workspace repository.

  • Order by—Defines the sort sequence of the search results.

Table 4. Advanced Search Examples

Search TermRequest
"sales +LanguageCodes:de"Documents that contain the term “sales” and the language to be German
"sales +(LanguageCodes:de LanguageCodes:es)"Documents that contain the term “sales” and the language to be German, or documents that contain the term ‘sales’ and the language to be Spanish