Using Advanced Search

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  • Creator: Ricky Rosario
  • Comment: Initial revision of Advanced Search documentation.
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  • Reviewed by: heyjoni
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Advanced Search is a feature for contributors to find content using complex filters and queries that aren't available by default to users that are looking just for help with our products

Search Syntax

Advanced Search queries use the following syntax:

  • + signifies AND operation
  • | signifies OR operation
  • - negates a single token
  • " wraps a number of tokens to signify a phrase for searching
  • * at the end of a term signifies a prefix query
  • ( and ) signify precedence

Examples:

  • crash - searches for responses with the word "crash"
  • crash + -sync - searches for responses with the word "crash" excluding results with the word "sync"
  • crash + sync - searches for responses with both "crash" and "sync"
  • "norton antivirus" crash - searches for responses with the phrase "norton antivirus" and the word "crash"