Simple Query Syntax

Search for documents by typing in words.
java computer software

Search for exact phrases by using quotations.
"java software"

Use +, -, AND, OR, NOT operators when searching.
+java -coffee
Java NOT Coffee
"jakarta apache" AND "jakarta tomcat"
"jakarta apache" OR jakarta

Search using single and multiple character wildcard searches.
To perform a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol.
ja?a

To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.
j*a
ja*

Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.

Search for words, phrases in a particular field.
title:java
To find the term java in the title only

description:computer
To find the term computer in the description of a document only

url:/marketing/
To find pages which have the term marketing in their url.

contenttype:pdf
To find documents which are pdfs

keywords:java
To find documents which have the java as a keyword in the meta information.



Advanced Query Syntax

Fuzzy Search
To do a fuzzy search use the tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a Single word Term. For example to search for a term similar in spelling to "roam" use the fuzzy search:

roam~

This search will find terms like foam and roam.


Proximity Search
To do a proximity search use the tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a Phrase. For example to search for "apache" and "jakarta" within 10 words of each other in a document use the search:

"jakarta apache"~10