Search Function Options

In addition to allowing you to search on a specific word, Observer allows you to search using phrases, wildcards, and Boolean operators. Consult the table below for details.

Query	Example	Notes
single term	document	Searches for documents that contain "document" term in the default field
phrase	"important document"	Searches for documents that contain the phrase "important document" in the default field.
wildcard search	doc?ment	Single-character wildcard search. It will match "document" and "dociment" but not "docooment".
		document*	Multi-character wildcard search. It will match "document" and "documentation".
fuzzy search	document~	Search based on similar spelling.
		document~0.9	Search based on similar spelling. 0.9 is the required similarity (default: 0.5)
proximity search	"important document"~5	Find words of a phrase that are not next to each other. Maximum distance in this example is 5 words.
relevance	important^4 document	Set boost factor of the term "important" to 4. Default boost factor is 1.
		"important document"^4 "search engine"	You can set boost factor for phrases too.
OR operator	important document	"OR" is the default operator.
		important OR document	The default field must contain either "important" or "document".
AND operator	important AND document	The default field must contain both words.
+ operator	important +document	The default field must contain "document" and may contain "important".
NOT/- operator	-important document	The default field must contain "document" but not "important".
grouping	(important OR office) AND document	Use parentheses for expression grouping.