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Tips and Tricks for Searching Effectively in SharePoint 2010
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
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Boolean Operators
Operator |
Description |
AND |
Search for Cats AND Dogs, results are Cats as one result and Dogs as one results instead of "Cats and Dogs" as one result. |
NOT |
Search for Cats NOT Dogs, results are for Cats only. |
OR |
Search for Cats OR Dogs, results will be returned for Cats, results will be returned for Dogs. Results will be mixed. |
NEAR |
Search for NEAR Cats, results will return items above or below Cats items, not preserving the order of items. |
ONEAR |
Search for NEAR Cats, results will return items above or below Cats items, results are in order. |
WORDS |
Search for Cats, results returned show synonyms such as Felines. |
* (Wildcard) |
Search for Ca*, results will return any items starting with "Ca". |
These are known as "Property Restrictions".
Property Operators
: |
Defines a property |
Author: John Smith |
= |
Defines an absolute property |
Author= John Smith |
< |
Numerical refiner: Less than |
<1/2/2013 |
> |
Numerical refiner: Greater than |
>1/2/2013 |
<= |
Numerical refiner: Less than or equal to |
<=1/2/2013 |
>= |
Numerical refiner: Greater than or equal to |
>=1/2/2013 |
<> |
Numerical refiner returns everything EXCEPT value |
<1/2/2013> |
" " |
Returns results with exact phrase |
"John Smith" |
You can use these Property Operators to refine your searching from the Get-Go!
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