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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Using ranges in queries
A range is defined by using a combination of less than (<) and greater than (>) relational operators between theand logical operator or theor logical operator.
To query of a range of data, use the Query Window.
| Operator | Usage | Examples |
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>value and <value | field_name > lesser_value and field_name < greater_value
For example, open.time>'09/15/2008' and open.time<'09/27/2008'The and logical operator is not case-sensitive.
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| OR or |
<value or >value | field_name < lesser_value or field_name > greater_value
For example, open.time<'09/15/2008' or open.time>'09/27/2008'The or logical operator is not case-sensitive. You can use (|) as a shortcut for the or logical operator. |
Related topics
Logical operators
Relational operators
Retrieving records by using the record list method
Retrieving records using the Query window method
Open the Query Window
Perform IR Expert queries
