Full-Text Searches
In order for the full-text search to work, the option Full-Text Search must be selected during the Therefore™ Server installation and categories must be full-text enabled by an administrator.
Users can enter search strings directly into the bar labeled Quick-Search in the ribbon menu or click the option labeled 'Advanced Search' to open the Full-Text Search dialog in which advanced parameters can be set.
The following options are available in the Full-Text Search dialog:
Search bar
The search bar into which the search criteria are entered. The following operators are supported:
|
Operators |
Description |
Example String |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|
|
"string" |
Search for an exact phrase by enclosing the text string in double quotes |
"Contract No. 12345" |
Finds documents containing this exact text string |
|
+ |
Add a plus sign before any word to include it as a search requirement. Do not leave a space between the "+" and the word to include. |
Invoice+INV345 |
CAN contain 'Invoice' but MUST contain 'INV354' |
|
- |
Add a minus sign before any word to exclude it as a search requirement. Do not leave a space between the "-" and the word to exclude. |
Invoice -INV354 |
CAN contain “Invoice”, MUST NOT contain “INV354” |
|
? |
Matches any single character |
Inv? |
Finds 'Invo' or 'Inv1' but not 'Invoice' |
|
* |
Matches any number of characters |
Inv* |
Finds 'Invo' or 'Inv1' AND also 'Invoice' |
Search Settings
Search in Document Content
Search inside the files added to documents in full-text enabled categories for the search criteria.
Search in Index Data
Search the document's index data for the search criteria.
Category Selection
Click the 'Browse' button to display a tree-view of Therefore™ categories. By default all full-text enabled categories are selected. Use the checkbox next to each category to define which categories should be searched.
Display context for matching documents
If this option is activated, the hit-list will display the context of the full-text search string found in each document.
Sort results by
Choose how the results of a search will be sorted in the resulting hit-list. Choose between Relevance, Hit Count, and Modification Date.
Show results grouped by category
The items in the hit-list are grouped according to the category they are saved in.
Use Stemming
If this is option is checked stemming is active by default. It can be deactivated for advanced searches, but will reactivate itself when the dialog is closed. Stemming logically searches for other types of words, or stems, which are grammatically related to the original search term. For example, a search for the word "work" would also yield results for "worked" and "working".
Stemming Language
Set the language used for stemming.
Use Thesaurus
If this is option is checked, the thesaurus function will search for similar words, or for the translation of the search term in another language.
Fuzzy Searching
If this option is activated, fuzzy searching yields results which are similar to, but not exactly the same as the given search term. Choose a level between 1 and 5. Higher levels will return more results that may be indirectly related to the search term.