The search bar is available in several modules. It allows to find specific content in the given context, e.g. content in help pages or user accounts in the Users and Groups manager.

The search bar can be used with the following syntax to find keywords more easily:

• word - matches every string beginning with word
  • e.g. word, words, wording

• "word", "word word" - quoted words and phrases exactly match the given text. Single as well as double quoted strings can be used
  • if "word is searched with an unclosed quote, the quote will be ignored

• *ord - matches every string beginning with an unknown prefix (hence the asterisk) and going on with ord
  • e.g. order, preorder, ord

• <search-field>:word - searches for word in a <search-field> of the site. This function is only available in certain contexts, e.g. in the Users and Groups manager.
  • if <search-field>: is searched without a word, all available non-empty values will be searched
  • if <search-field>:"" is searched with an empty string, all available empty values will be searched.

• <search-field>:<date> - searches for date values.

Note: Most special characters will be interpreted as text separators, just like a space. To search for these special characters they have to be quoted. Using either single or double quotes, it is also possible to search for quoted text.

The search supports context-dependent retrieval of data in search fields defined by the system, which limits the search to specific content. An example of this is the search in the Users and Groups application.

Example: If searching for gabriel returns a large number of users named Gabriel by either first or last name, searching for First-Name:gabriel can narrow the search to all users with the corresponding first name.

The search supports the following comparison operators:

• <word, <number - searches for values that are less than the given word or number
  • e.g. <10 matches 8, 9

• <=word, <=number - searches for values that are less or equal the given word or number
  • e.g. <=10 matches 9, 10

• >word, >number - searches for values that are greater than the given word or number
  • e.g. >10 matches 11, 12

• >=word, >=number - searches for values that are greater or equal the given word or number
  • e.g. >=10 matches 10, 11

• search-field:<>word, search-field:<>number, search-field:!=word, search-field:!=number - searches for values in a search-field that are not equal to the given word or number
  • e.g. !=10 matches 9, 11

The search phrase is an and combined search by default, meaning that the search phrase a b c will look for matches that contain: a and b and c. Using the OR combination instruction users can search for a OR b which show results containing either a or b (non-exclusive).

The following keywords can be used to create an OR combined search phrase: or, OR, ||, |. A search phrase containing any OR keyword will additionally visualize the elements that will be grouped.

Note: Multiple OR keywords can be used in combination: a OR b OR c will search for values containing either a, b or c.

Note: Multiple search terms can be used in combination: a OR b OR c d e searches for values that contain a, b or c, as well as d and e. Represented logically with brackets, this corresponds to: ((a or b or c) and d and e).

Note: It is not possible to use brackets or parentheses to create custom logical combinations.

The search bar will usually offer suggestions when focused and depending on the query already typed. If the search bar supports search-fields they will be displayed first. Suggestions will be generated depending on the cursor position in the search bar. An underline highlights the term that is currently most relevant for the search.

The search does not have any stop words. The query is always sent completely (up to the text-cursor) and will always perform a search using this text. The search is performed with and, meaning that all text elements have to match the resulting entry.