Performing a basic search

Use the basic search portlet to search one or more selected page groups for items, pages, categories, and perspectives that contain specific words.

To perform a basic search:

Add the Basic Search portlet to a page.
Enter the words that you want to search for.
In the Search In Page Groups field, select one or more page groups in which to search.

Note: If this field does not display, the "Edit Defaults" or "Customize" option Show page group selector is not enabled. If this is the case, all page groups are searched.
Click Search.

Basic search finds content that contains the specified words. For example, if you enter:

weights aerobics

The basic search finds content that contains the word weights and the word aerobics.

The results are displayed on the Basic Search Results Page.

Notes

Searches are not case-sensitive.
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'
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%).
The search results page displays only content that you are authorized to view.
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, or lifted.
If you want more advanced search features, you must perform an advanced or custom search.