Search Syntax and Search Requests

The following rules apply for the quick search.

Fields to search

The following fields can be searched. They refer to either a device, a user or financial asset management data:

Search Requests

The Quick Search supports the following types of search requests:

• The search is not case sensitive, for example, hardware inventory, Hardware Inventory and HARDWARE INVENTORY will all return the same results.
• The wildcard characters ? and * can be used.

• An "any words" or "natural language" search is any sequence of text, like a sentence or a question. In an "any words" search, use quotation marks (") around phrases, put + in front of any word or phrase that is required, and - in front of a word or phrase to exclude it.
  Examples

  Search Request	Explanation
  apple +pear	Apple must be present and pear .
  apple -pear	Apple must be present but not the word pear .
  +apple	Only the word apple must be present, not its plural, composed term or synonyms.
  apple * pear	The words apple and pear separted by one or more words

• A boolean search request consists of a group of words, phrases, or macros linked by connectors such as AND, not and OR that indicate the relationship between them.
  Examples

  Search Request	Explanation
  apple and pear	Both words must be present.
  apple or pear	Either word can be present.
  "apple or pear"	The exact phrase "apple or pear" must be present.
  apple w/5 pear	Apple must occur within 5 words of pear .
  apple not w/5 pear	Apple must not occur within 5 words of pear .
  apple pre/5 pear	Apple must occur 5 or fewer words before pear .
  apple and not pear	Only apple must be present.
  apple w/5 xfirstword	Apple must occur in the first five words.
  apple w/5 xlastword	Apple must occur in the last five words.

  If you use more than one connector, you should use parentheses to indicate precisely what you want to search for. For example, apple and pear or orange juice could mean (apple and pear) or orange, or it could mean apple and (pear or orange).

• Noise words, such as if and the are ignored in searches.
• To search in a specific database field the following syntax options are available:
  Syntax (name contains (M60 OR ITA)) and (macaddress contains 00:01:02:AF:7D)
  or (name::M60 or ITA)) and (macaddress::00:01:02:AF:7D)
  Explanation
  The database field "name" must contain either the value "M60" or "ITA" and the field "macaddress" must contain the value "00:01:02:AF:7D".