Search tips

General search tips

To search for multiple words, separate each word with a space, for example:

weights aerobics

To search for a phrase, enclose the phrase in single quotes, for example:

'weight lifting'

Notes

The % character is interpreted literally, so do not include it as a wildcard. If Oracle Text is disabled and you enter 100% as your search term, search finds content that contains the text 100%, not 1000 or 10000. Wildcards are automatically added to the beginning and end of your search term, so searching for 100 will automatically return content that contains 1000 and 10000. If Oracle Text is installed and enabled, select the advanced search operator that performs partial matching, i.e. partially match all of the terms (%term%).
If Oracle Text is installed and enabled, search automatically uses the stem operator to search for words that have the same linguistic root as the specified word. For example, if you specified the word lift, the search feature returns content that contains the words lift, lifting, and lifted.

Basic search tips

Basic search finds content that contains the specified words. If you search for weights aerobics, basic search finds content that contains the word weights and the word aerobics.

Advanced search tips

Advanced search offers additional search operators:

contains all of the terms - Searches for content that contains all of the specified words. For example, if you enter weights aerobics in the Search For field, advanced search finds content that contains the words weights and aerobics.
contains any of the terms - Searches for content that contains any of the specified words. For example, if you enter weights aerobics in the Search For field, advanced search finds content that contains the word weights or the word aerobics.
contain these terms exactly - Searches for content that contains the specified words. This option is not available if Oracle Text is enabled.

In addition, if Oracle Text is installed, advanced search also offers the following search operators:

partially match all of the terms (%term%) expands a contains all of the terms search to include words that are like the specified words.
partially match any of the terms (%term%) expands a contains any of the terms search to include words that are like the specified words.
contain these terms located close to each other searches for two terms and returns a score based on the proximity of the specified words in the content. A higher score is returned for content with the specified words closer together and a lower score is returned for words farther apart.
sounds like all of the terms expands a contains all of the terms search to include words that sound similar to the specified words. This allows comparison of words that are spelled differently, but sound alike in English.
sounds like any of the terms expands a contains any of the terms search to include words that sound similar to the specified words. This allows comparison of words that are spelled differently, but sound alike in English.
are spelled like all of the terms expands a contains all of the terms search to include words that are spelled similarly to the specified words. This is helpful for finding more accurate results when there are frequent misspellings in the content.
are spelled like any of the terms expands a contains any of the terms search to include words that are spelled similarly to the specified words. This is helpful for finding more accurate results when there are frequent misspellings in the content.

To search across all Page Groups, move all available page groups to the Selected list. You can also limit your search to one or more specific page groups.

Advanced search offers the following search options:

Page - To limit your search to a specific page, click next to the Page field and select a page from the list provided. You can also optionally select to extend your search to include a page's sub-pages.

Searches can be restricted to one or more page groups or pages.
Category or Perspective - To restrict your search to a specific category or perspective, select one from the lists provided.

These lists show only the categories and perspectives relevant to the page groups chosen in the Page Group list. If a single page group is selected, categories and perspectives of that page group and the Shared Objects page group are displayed. If multiple page groups are selected, only categories and perspectives in the Shared Objects page group are displayed.

These lists may not be labeled Perspective and Category if the page group administrator has changed the labels in the Page Group Manager.

Attributes - You can search for words in specific attributes, for example you could search for all content where the Author contains SCOTT.
Attributes: #USER# - In addition, you can search based on the special attribute value, #USER# (the currently logged in Portal user). To search for all items that the current user has authored:
Attributes: #TODAY# - You can search based on the special attribute value, #TODAY# (today's date) and the addition and subtraction operators "+" and "-". To search for all items with a creation date within the last three days:

To search for items that expire (with an expiration date) in the next seven days:
Match All Of The Following - To search for content that matches all the attribute search criteria, for example content that contains that word aerobics in its title and was added after 10-OCT-99.
Match Any Of The Following - To search for content that matches any of the attribute search criteria, for example content that contains the word aerobics in its title or was added after 10-OCT-99.

Search results tips

The search results page displays only content that you are authorized to view.
View the appropriate section to display the items, pages, categories, or perspectives that meet your search criteria.
Portal Smart Links are excluded from the search results.
Click the Bulk Action link to perform a bulk action for the search results. The Bulk Action link is displayed if you search in a single page group only. However it is not displayed for the Shared Objects page group.
If Oracle Text searching is installed and enabled, you may see the following displayed with your search results:
- nn% displays the Oracle Text relevancy score, rating how each result matches the search words.
- Click to display an HTML version of any file item.
- Click to display an HTML version of any file item with the search words highlighted.
- Click to display an item summary generated by Oracle Text, also called the item's gists.
- Click to display the nouns and verbs appearing most often within the item, also called the item's themes.

Saved searches tips

If you are an authorized user and are logged in to Portal, you can save a search so that you can perform it again at a later time without having to remember all the criteria you specified. Simply click Save Search on the search results page, enter a name for the search, and click Save.
Your saved searches are displayed in the Saved Searches portlet. If you can not see the Saved Searches portlet, add the portlet to a page. If you do not have the privileges to add the portlet to a page, ask your portal administrator to add it for you. You can only see saved searches when you are logged in to Portal.