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)`

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Information Retrieval (IR) expert parameters: ir_boost_same_sequence

Parameter

ir_boost_same_sequence

Description

This parameter defines whether the Service Manager server increases the search weighting boost for documents that match a query term sequence. When enabled, terms used in a document that match the same sequence as terms used in the query will be considered more relevant than documents that contain the terms out of sequence.

Valid if set from

Server's operating system command prompt

Initialization file (sm.ini)

Requires restart of the Service Manager server?

Yes

Default value

Possible values

0 (Disable)

1 (Enable)

Example usage

Command line: sm -httpPort:13080 -ir_boost_same_sequence:1

Initialization file: ir_boost_same_sequence:1