The following characters have special meaning within a search string:
+ - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
To turn off the special meaning and search for the literal character, you must precede it with a backslash (\). For example to search for (1+1):2, use the query:
\(1\+1\)\:2
To find text within a specific attribute value, type the name of the attribute followed by a colon (:) and then the term you are looking for.
For example, to search only the problem synopsis for the phrase interface process, use the following search string:
The Attribute Search tab, on the Advanced Search dialog box, provides an alternate method of specifying a search within specific attributes. With this method, the attributes to be searched are selected from a list and no special syntax is needed. The search strings are only matched in the attributes with which they are paired.
For example, using interface process as the search string for the Synopsis attribute shows results with both interface and process in the Synopsis attributes.
There are two types of test modifiers: Wildcard searches and proximity searches.
To perform a single character wildcard search, use the ? symbol.
To perform a multiple character wildcard search, use the * symbol.
The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match with the single character replaced. For example, to search for text or test, you can use the search te?t.
Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test, tests, or tester, use the search test*.
A proximity search finds words that are within a specific distance from each other. To perform a proximity search, use the tilde (~) symbol at the end of a phrase.
For example to search for LDAP and connection within 10 words of each other use the search "LDAP connection"~10.
The AND operator matches items where both terms exist anywhere in the text of a single item, which is equivalent to an intersection using sets. The symbol && can be used in place of the AND.
To search for items that contain interface process and interface system, use the query "interface process" AND "interface system".
The OR operator is the default conjunction operator. When there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the OR operator is used. The OR operator links two terms and finds a matching item if either of the terms exist in an item, which is equivalent to a union using sets. The symbol || can be used in place of the OR.
To search for items that contain either interface process or interface, use the query:
"interface process" interface
or
"interface process" OR interface
The + or required operator requires that the term after the + symbol are located somewhere in an attribute value of a single item.
To search for items that must contain LDAP and might contain SSL, use the query +LDAP SSL.
The - or prohibit operator excludes items that contain the term after the - symbol.
To search for items that contain interface process but not interface system, use the query "interface process" -"interface system".
Searching supports using parentheses to group clauses to form sub queries. This feature can be useful if you want to control the Boolean logic for a search.
To search for matches that include website and either SSL or HTTP (or both), use the query (HTTP OR SSL) AND website.
Doing so eliminates any confusion by making operator precedence explicit.
Search supports using parentheses to group multiple clauses to a single attribute value.
To search for a problem synopsis that contains both the word internal and the phrase process management, use the query problem_synopsis:(+internal +"process management").