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Using special Characters
  • Special characters cannot be used as a stand-alone. They need to be used as part of the word. E.g. * this is invalid and it is not needed anyway. *3PAR this is valid.
  • Double quotes can be used to search for exact phrases. E.g. “Laptop and Desktop” will search for documents that contain the phrase ‘Laptop and Desktop’.
  • There is no restriction of usage of Double quotes at general search. User can search exact phrases (using double quotes) together with other string values. The search between them using AND condition.
  • “?” can be used to represent one character. E.g. DL380? will find DL380p but not DL380pt. This character will also work when the search string is in within double quotes.
  • “*” can be used to represent a phrase. E.g. DL380*will find DL380, DL380p and DL380pt. This character will also work when the search string is in within double quotes.

Search for Power Users
  • A search text starting with !Query- indicates a search query that needs to follow the following syntax rules
  • Search words need to be combined using an operators. Following operators are supported: AND, ANDNOT, OR
    Example: !Query-title:laptop ANDNOT desktop. Will search for documents that contain the word laptop but not desktop
  • Search can be limited to certain document elements only by specifying the fieldname followed by a colon. Values for fieldnames:
      o title: Name of the document
      o keywords: Set of keywords maintained by HP per document
      o urls: URL information of the document.
      o description: Description of the document.
    Example: !Query-title:dl380?
  • The above fieldnames should be mentioned as lower case letters for the FQL Search to work properly.
    Example: !Query-Title:dl380? -> WRONG
         Query-title:dl380? -> CORRECT

Using special Characters at Power User Search
  • Double quotes can be used to search for exact phrases. E.g. !Query-title:”Laptop and Desktop” will search for documents that contain the phrase “Laptop and Desktop” in the document title.
  • Double quotes MUST be used properly. Every double quote must have the corresponding ending double quote. User can search exact phrases (using double quotes) together with other string values. Multiple words in search MUST contain either AND or OR phrase.
  • “?” can be used to represent one character. E.g. !Query-title:DL380? will find DL380p but not DL380pt in the document title. This character will also work when the search string is in within double quotes.
  • “*” can be used to represent a phrase. E.g. !Query-title:DL380*will find DL380, DL380p and DL380pt in the document title. This character will also work when the search string is in within double quotes.