To restrict your Help searches, you can use the following Boolean operators in the main Search field:
| Search Requirement | Operator | Example |
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| Search for 'either' or 'any' of the search strings specified |
OR (the word 'OR') |
"Group Templates"OR"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain either of the above search strings) |
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| ('pipe' symbol) (the key combination SHIFT + \ on a QWERTY keyboard), |
"Group Templates"|"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain either of the above search strings)
"Group"|"Template"|"Instance" (returns a list of topics that contain any of the above search strings) |
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Search for two or more specific strings |
AND (the word 'AND') |
"Group Templates"AND"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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NOTE: As 'AND' is the default search mechanism, you can merely enter a list of search strings in the main search field, without including any Boolean operators. This will return a list of topics that contain all of the search strings. |
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| + ('plus' symbol) |
"Group Templates"+"Group Instances" (returnss a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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| & ('ampersand' symbol) |
"Group Templates"&"Group Instances" (returns a list of topics that contain both of the above search strings) |
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| Search for one string, and only return those topics that do not contain another string | NOT |
"Group Instance"NOT"Group Template" (returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
| ! (exclamation mark) |
"Group Instance"!"Group Template" (returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
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| ^ ('caret' symbol) |
"Group Instance"^"Group Template"
(returns a list of topics that contain the first search string, but do not contain the second search string) |
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| Combine Boolean operators in a search |
( ) (enclose the combined Boolean operators and search strings in parentheses) |
("Group"OR"Group Instance")^Template
(returns a list of topics that contain either of the first two search strings, but do not contain the third search string) |