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
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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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Starts with relational operator
In a search screen, the starts with (#) relational operator is the default query type, unless you use a wildcard character. If the value you enter contains wildcard characters, the like relational operator is assumed. To use the starts with operator in conjunction with wildcard characters, enter the starts with (#) operator as the first character in your query.
In the query window, everything is interpreted literally as you type it in.
Related topics
Relational operators
Wildcard characters
Retrieving records by using the record list method
Retrieving records using the Query window method
Use the equal to relational operator
Use the greater than relational operator
Use the like relational operator
Use the less than relational operator
Use the starts with relational operator
Perform IR Expert queries
