Quick Searches with Boolean Operators
In IPRO Search, you can efficiently search the data displayed in the Document view by performing a Quick Search.
When entering multiple keywords in Quick Search, you can add operators and perform Boolean searches, phrase searches, and proximity searches.
To apply Boolean Operators in Quick Search, you must first enable Expanded Quick Search:
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Navigate to the Preferences menu, located next to the Quick Search field. Click Preferences > Expanded Quick Search.
To learn about using Solr Boolean Operators in Quick Search, visit the following link: Solr Boolean Operators Supported by the Standard Query Parser.
To learn more about applying Boolean Operators in Quick Search, see examples below.
Enter "x AND y" to search for x AND y. Results containing both x and y will appear in the Document View.
If Expanded Quick Search is enabled but you do not enter a Boolean Operator in the Quick Search field, the Boolean Operator AND is applied by default.
For example:
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Entering "account" returns the following results:
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Entering "money" returns the following results:
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Entering "account AND money" returns the following results:
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In this example, the Quick Search for "account" returned results, as did the search for "money". To find results containing "account" and "money", we entered both terms and added the AND operator.
Enter "x OR y" to search for x OR y. Results containing x, results containing y, and results containing x and y will appear in the Document View.
For example:
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Entering "credit card" returns the following results:
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Entering "patient" returns the following results:
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Entering ""credit card" OR patient" returns the following results:
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When entering phrases or terms consisting of multiple keywords, enclose the phrases or terms in double quotation marks to return an exact match. -
In this example, the Quick Search for "credit card" returned results, as did the search for "patient". To find results containing "credit card", results containing "patient", and results containing both "credit card" and "patient", we entered both terms and added the OR operator.
Because "credit card" consists of two keywords, we enclosed it in double quotation marks to return an exact match.
Using double quotes will not produce results typical of an exact match. Your search will be limited to the words enclosed in the double quotes, but it will include their variants. For example, searching for "mention bank" will return "mentioning banks" but not "mention a bank".
Enter "x NOT y" to search for x, not y. Results containing x but not y will appear in the Document View.
For example:
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Entering "credit card" returns the following results:
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When entering phrases or terms consisting of multiple keywords, enclose the phrases or terms in double quotation marks to return an exact match. . -
Entering "saving money today" returns the following results:
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Entering ""credit card" NOT "saving money today"" returns the following results:
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In this example, the Quick Search for "credit card" included spam messages with money-saving tips. To exclude these specific messages and to find results containing "credit card" without "start saving money ", we applied the NOT operator.
Because "credit card" consists of two keywords and "start saving money" is a phrase, we enclosed each in double quotation marks to return an exact match.
Using double quotes will not produce results typical of an exact match. Your search will be limited to the words enclosed in the double quotes, but it will include their variants. For example, searching for "mention bank" will return "mentioning banks" but not "mention a bank".