File Analysis Suite 3.7.0 Manage Help Center

# Search builder

Use the search builder to create complex search queries from some basic query components:

- Construct a list of text search expressions to search as a term list.

- Combine text searches with required metadata fields or excluded content.

- Search using combinations of many metadata conditions.

If you had any search criteria set from a previous filtered search, using the search builder clears the filter criteria and uses only the criteria defined in the search builder..

TIP: For information about keyword syntax, see Keyword search.

For information about entities built into File Analysis Suite, see Built-in grammars and entities.

To build a search

1. At the top of the document list, click Search > New Search.

   The Search Builder dialog opens.

2. Define your search criteria.

   To add criteria to the desired section, click the add icon () and complete the details as applicable.

   Field | Description | Search examples
   --- | --- | ---
   Text Keywords | Type the desired keywords. TIP: Click the add icon to add an additional keyword field. Matches all indexed text fields and content. The keyword search supports Boolean syntax, wildcards, phrases and proximity searches. NOTE: The text keyword search is ANDed with any additional options selected in the search builder. | (“company declared bankruptcy” AND "Smith and Jones") OR "ric?ard smith*"
   ANY of the following | Add one or more criterion and define the specific values to be matched. Each entry is combined with the OR operator. To add entities Click the GRAMMARS tab and expand the desired grammar. Click the desired entities. Continue to expand grammars and click entities as needed. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. To add additional entities for a grammar already selected Click the list icon () for the desired grammar. Click the additional desired entities or click Select All to add all entities for the grammar. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. | Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date> OR File types TXT, XLS. (“company declared bankruptcy” AND "Smith and Jones") AND Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date>
   ALL of the following | Add one or more criterion and define the specific values to be matched. Each entry is combined with the AND operator. To add entities Click the GRAMMARS tab and expand the desired grammar. Click the desired entities. Continue to expand grammars and click entities as needed. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. To add additional entities for a grammar already selected Click the list icon () for the desired grammar. Click the additional desired entities or click Select All to add all entities for the grammar. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. | Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date> AND File types TXT, XLS. (“company declared bankruptcy” AND "Smith and Jones") AND Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date> AND File types TXT, XLS.
   For multiple-value fields, items of each metadata type in the list are combined with the OR operator, then combined with any other metadata fields with the AND operator. | (Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date>) AND (File types TXT OR XLS) AND (Holds "myHold1" OR "Hold2") (Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date>) AND (Tags "tag01" OR "tag02") In this example, "tag01" and "tag02" are defined in a single Tags field. (Create Date > By date range From <date> to <date>) AND (Tags "tag01") AND (Tags "tag02") In this example, "tag01" and "tag02" are defined in separate Tags fields.
   NONE of the following | Add one or more criterion and define the specific values that, if matched, are excluded from the results. Each entry is combined with the OR operator. To add entities Click the GRAMMARS tab and expand the desired grammar. Click the desired entities. Continue to expand grammars and click entities as needed. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. To add additional entities for a grammar already selected Click the list icon () for the desired grammar. Click the additional desired entities or click Select All to add all entities for the grammar. Click ADD. The selected entities are added to the Search Builder. Selecting NONE of the following excludes the criteria from the search results. NOTE: When Group Attachments is selected in the filter panel, the results list may include parent items normally excluded by this selection. If an attachment meets the criteria for this selection and all other selected criteria, these parent items may be included in the results. | (“company declared bankruptcy” AND "Smith and Jones") NOT File types TXT, XLS.

3. Click Search.

   The document list displays the results matching the search criteria. The VIEWING CONTENT OF box above the filter panel displays the first defined criteria of search query.

   Hover over the VIEWING CONTENT OF box to display a tooltip of the entire search query.

Search builder field behavior

- Date Range fields. To enter dates in the Date Range items, enter the dates or select the dates from the calendar.

  From and To. Define the start (From) and end (To) dates.

  The following criteria applies when defining start and end dates:

  - Start date only. When only the start date is defined, new documents are accepted as long as their start date is on or after the specified date.

  - End date only. When only the end date is defined, new documents are accepted as long as their end date is on or before the specified date.

  - No start or end dates. When no dates are defined, there is no filter applied to the data. The data source will include all current and future data.

- Multiple-value fields.

  For fields that allow multiple values, for example, Holds, as you enter a string in the field, the interface displays values matching the string. The interface matches with values occurring anywhere within the string.

  - Press Enter to add a value to the list of values in the field.

  - Click X to remove a value from the field.

  For fields that do not automatically provide suggestions as you type, values you enter are treated as an exact match (combined with AND) unless you use the OR operator.

- Boolean fields. For fields that specify whether an item is included or not, select the appropriate response.

  For example, for the Are Items in Workbook? field, select the appropriate response.

- Metadata fields that accept full text searches. For metadata fields that accept full text searches, enter the search expressions.

  Each separate metadata field type that you select is added to the initial criteria as an AND clause.

  For example:

  Subject title: ("Project x" OR "Project y") AND "do not forward"

  From: aaaronson@myCompany.com OR aaronson*@* OR aaron* NEAR3 aaronson

  To: *@myCompany.com

  Body: (Classified OR "top secret") AND (country OR government)

© Copyright 2019-2022 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates
Version 3.7.0 | Last updated May 2022
Connect
Micro Focus Marketplace
Learn
Support portal
Documentation
Contact

Send documentation feedback

Close

Send documentation feedback

To send feedback using your default email client, open an email window.

Otherwise, send your feedback and the information below to FAS.docFeedback@microfocus.com.

We appreciate your feedback!

Product: File Analysis Suite 3.7.0

Topic Title: Search builder

Submit or view service request