Performing a Search: The Basics
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The file format in the collection indicates which default attributes are available for
searching. For information about the attributes for each format, see “About
Collection Attributes” on page 254.
For entries resulting from a search that checks for comparative proximity of words
to each other, or for the exactness of the match, the file’s ranking can be provided
by showing a score.
If there are more matching documents than can fit on a page, click Next to see the
next batch. You can always execute a new search by entering new query data and
clicking Search.
Sorting the Results
By default, or if you don’t enter anything in the Sort By field on the advanced
HTML query page, all documents matching the search are returned according to:
•
Their relevance ranking (for queries that consider this)
•
Their position in the server file database (for other queries)
If you enter an attribute name in the Sort By field, the documents are displayed in
an ascending sort sequence. You can list the documents in a descending sort
sequence by adding a minus sign (-) prefix to the attribute, as in -keywords or -title.
You can do a multiple sort, by typing in more than one field, as in
Author,-PubDate
.
In a short query, sort order usually isn’t critical, but in queries that result in a great
many matches, you may want to set a sort value in order to obtain useful search
results. However, using a special sort sequence may impact the search’s
performance.
Displaying a Highlighted Document
In the default installation of Enterprise Server, when you obtain a list of the
documents that match your search criteria, you can select a single document to
view in your web browser. Depending on how the pattern files are set up, the word
you entered as your original search query can be highlighted in the displayed
document with color, boldface text, or blinking.
NOTE
Attribute values in META-tagged fields are text strings only, which means
that all numeric values, such as date and time, are sorted as text. Any
illegal HTML characters in a META-tagged attribute are replaced with a
hyphen.
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