Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Server Automation10.50

Line Break Workaround for Server Search

You cannot search in notes that contain line breaks. For example, you cannot search for text in a note when it is this type of text:

line1 <line break>

line2

For example, the following query does not return any results:

Any/all notes contain line1 <line break> line2

However, the following query does return all servers that have notes:

Any/all notes is not line1 <line break> line2

To work around this limitation, include an asterisk (*) where the line break occurs, as shown in following figure. For example:

Any/all notes is line1*line2

Line Break Workaround in the Server Search Feature