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Search Syntax This page describes how to use the search forms on this site. For more information about the Livelink ECM - Federated Query Server product, see the About page. To perform a search, enter some words or phrases into the "Search For" box, and press the "Search" button. You can enter Boolean expressions into the search box - see below for details. To customize your search, click the "Customize" link below the search box. You can then choose appropriate options from the "Match", "Number of Results", "Result Clustering", "Result Style" and "Stop Searching" drop down lists. You can also select the search engines that you want to query. The following sections describe the items on the search and customize pages: Search For Enter a query in the form of a single word or multiple words, with or without Boolean operators (e.g. AND, OR, NOT). Federated Query Server will automatically translate your query string into the appropriate syntax for each of the search engines. The following table lists the search operators that Federated Query Server supports:
If a search engine does not support a particular operator, Federated Query Server will use the next most general operator instead. Match The "Match" drop down list allows you to specify how Federated Query Server will join the words and phrases in your query. It does this by inserting a Boolean operator between every pair of words or phrases that are not already separated by an operator.
If you use Boolean operators in your query, they override the selection in the "Match" drop down list. Number of Results The "Number of Results" drop down list allows you to select the maximum number of results each search engine returns. Result Clustering The "Result Clustering" drop down list allows you to choose which type of clustering Federated Query Server will perform. Clustering is a sorting method that takes the search results and groups them according to topic, site location, or both. If you choose a clustering option, Federated Query Server creates a linked list at the top of the result page so that you can easily navigate to the group of results most pertinent to your query.
Result Style The "Result Style" drop down list allows you to choose the style in which results are displayed by Federated Query Server.
Stop Searching The "Stop Searching" drop down list allows you to choose the maximum time that Federated Query Server will spend waiting for the search engines to send a response.
Search Engines By default, Federated Query Server will broadcast your query to all of the search engines listed on the customize page. However, you can choose to query only certain search engines by selecting only the checkboxes next to those engines you wish to query. Buttons are provided which select and clear every search engine checkbox. |