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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Base functions in se.search.engine
| Display Action | Description |
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| back | Exits the record. |
| find | Displays detailed information from the record linked to the field. |
| fill | Fills information from a linked record into a target record. Puts data from a source record field into a target field. |
| advanced | Starts the Advanced Search process that gives the user more search options. Typically, this is only available for system administrators, but this option can be made available to other users. |
| clear | Clears the current screen. |
| openinbox / inbox | Prompts the user to open a view associated with the current file. This is a predefined query that displays results as a view. |
| search | Performs a standard search by creating a search query using the information provided and then displays the results in a record list. |
| add | Performs “add” format control and attempts to add a record to the database. |
| restore | Restores the contents of the screen (after a “clear” is performed). |
| irquery | Runs an IR Query text search. |
| validitylookup | Performs Service Manager validity lookup. Validity lookup verifies via an entry in the validity table that a specific value is valid for the defined field. Using validity lookup, the system verifies that a user-entered value complies with the validation rules. |
| expandarray | Expand array provides additional functionality for editing arrays, such as insert line and delete line. |
| reset | Resets the current file. This action deletes ALL records in the database for the table. |
| regen | Regens the indexes of the current file. This action applies only to tables that have an IR Key, and it will perform only an IR regen. |
| export/unload | Starts the “no records” export/unload process. Used for unloading empty DBDICT definitions without data only. |
| views | When selected, the system presents to the user a list of alternate forms in which to display the current record. |
| findrevision | Displays revisions for records in this object. |
| initrevision | Creates a revision of a record in this object. |
| newsite | |
| newview | |
| newTable | |
| addFilter | Triggered by customer performing an Advanced Filter search in the standard search screen. |
| editFilter | Triggered by customer performing an Advanced Filter search in the standard search screen. |
| addCompound | Triggered by customer performing an Advanced Filter search in the standard search screen. |
| removeSelection | Triggered by customer performing an Advanced Filter search in the standard search screen. |
