The content in this topic only applies to the main search facility (as opposed to the Glossary search facility).
To restrict your Help searches, you can use the following Boolean operators in the main Search field:
| Search Requirement | Operator | Example |
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| Search for 'either' or 'any' of the search strings specified |
OR (the word 'OR') |
"Group Templates"OR"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain either of the above search strings) |
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| ('pipe' symbol) (the key combination SHIFT + \ on a QWERTY keyboard), |
"Group Templates"|"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain either of the above search strings)
"Group"|"Template"|"Instance" (returns a list of topics that contain any of the above search strings) |
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Search for two or more specific strings |
AND (the word 'AND') |
"Group Templates"AND"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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As 'AND' is the default search mechanism, you can merely enter a list of search strings in the main search field, without including any Boolean operators. This will return a list of topics that contain all of the search strings. |
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| + ('plus' symbol) |
"Group Templates"+"Group Instances" (returnss a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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| & ('ampersand' symbol) |
"Group Templates"&"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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| Search for one string, and only return those topics that do not contain another string | NOT |
"Group Instance"NOT"Group Template" (returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
| ! (exclamation mark) |
"Group Instance"!"Group Template" (returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
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| ^ ('caret' symbol) |
"Group Instance"^"Group Template"
(returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
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| Combine Boolean operators in a search |
( ) (enclose the combined Boolean operators and search strings in parentheses) |
("Group"OR"Group Instance")^Template
(returns a list of topics that contain either of the first two search strings, but do not contain the third search string) |