To search for an exact word or phrase, type quotation marks around the word or phrase.

For a simple search (including the Contains field in an advanced search), if you do not use quotation marks, Documentum Administrator displays files that contain both the exact words you typed as well as variations of the words, such as scanning for the word scanner.

This option is disabled when searching for more than one word or if your repository has not been indexed for variations.

Quotation marks cannot be used to match the exact case of a word.

To get results that contain two search terms, type AND between the terms. A term can be a word or quoted phrase.

To get results that contain at least one term, type OR between the words or the quoted phrases.

You can string together multiple terms with the AND and OR operators. The AND operator has precedence over the OR operator. For example, if you type:

knowledge or management and discovery

To get results that do not contain a term, type NOT before this term. The term can be a word or a quoted phrase. Only the term that follows the operator is taken into account.

The NOT operator can be used after the AND or OR operator, separated by a space.

Valid syntaxes would be: Documentum NOT adapter or Documentum AND NOT adapter, both queries will return results that contain Documentum but do not contain adapter.

If you type Documentum OR NOT adapter, you get results that either contain Documentum (and possibly contain adapter) or that do not contain adapter. Use this syntax cautiously. It can generate a very large number of results.

The NOT operator can be used alone at the beginning of the query. For example, if you type NOT adapter, you get results that do not contain adapter. Use this syntax cautiously. It can generate a very large number of results.

The NOT operator is not supported for queries on external sources when it is alone at the beginning of the query or if used with the OR operator.

The NOT operator cannot be used with parentheses. This is invalid: A NOT ( B OR C ). However, the NOT operator can be used inside parentheses. This is valid: (A NOT B) OR (A NOT C).

ANDNOT (in one word) is not an operator, if you enter ANDNOT in a query, it will be considered as a search term.

To specify that certain terms must be processed together, use parentheses. When using parenthesis, you must type a space before, and after each parenthesis mark, as shown here: ( management or discovery )

As an example, if you type knowledge and management or discovery, then your results will contain both knowledge, and management or they will contain discovery. But if you type knowledge and ( management or discovery ), then your results will contain knowledge, and either management or discovery.

If the repository is indexed, you can use the multiple-character wildcard to indicate additional characters anywhere in a word. It matches zero or more characters. The multiple-character wildcard is only available or a simple search (including the Contains field in an advanced search).

The multiple-character wildcard is not available for a searches on non-indexed repositories, for searches of property values, or for searches of external sources. For those, you should use truncation operators, such the Begin with operator.

Note: If you use wildcards, then Documentum Administrator will not display results that include variations of the words you typed. For example, if you type

d*ment

If the repository is indexed, you can use the single-character wildcard to indicate a single, unknown character anywhere in a word.

The single-character wildcard is only available or a simple search (including the Contains field in an advanced search).

The single-character wildcard is not available for searches on non-indexed repositories, for searches of property values, or for searches of external sources.