Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
| Search for | Example | Results |
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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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. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Open the Query Window
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
To open the Query window from the operator record:
- Click Tailoring > Database Manager.
- Type
=operatorin the Form field, and then click Search. - On the Operator Record form, open the More Actions menu.
- Select Expert Search.
- The Query form is displayed.
The display options on the form are dependent on the execution capability words assigned for the user, as follows:
- Query Window access – The Query window is displayed at the bottom of your screen.
- Stored query access – If stored queries are defined, a list is displayed.
- Both – The Query window with buttons defining query options is displayed.
Related topics
Complex query expressions
Record retrieval
Logical operators
Relational operators
Retrieving records using the Query window method
Stored queries
The Database Manager utility
Using functions in a query
More Actions menu
Create a query using a simple query expression
Use like queries to search for a string of characters
Use the Query Window
