Performing a Simple Search

Simple searches look for the terms that you specify anywhere in the document's entry. If you search for the word wheat, the server locates any document written by anyone named Wheat and all documents that contain the word wheat in the title, description, or keywords.

All searches are case-insensitive. That is, words are looked for regardless of capitalization.

If search for more than one word, the way you separate the words determines how Netscape Compass Server performs the search.

• Words separated by spaces. If you enter sales report it will search for entries that contain both the word sales and the word report at any place in the index entry, in any order. Only those entries that contain both words somewhere in the entry will be listed. For example, both "March Sales Report Summary," and "Report on March Sales." will be found.
• Words enclosed by quotation marks. If you enter "sales report"it will search for index entries that contain those two words in that order. For example, it will find "March Sales Report Summary," but it will not find "Report on March Sales." Two or more words grouped together for a search in a specified order are called a search phrase.
• Words separated by commas. If you enter sales, report it will search for entries that contain either the word sales or the word report at any place in the entry, in any order, using any capitalization. For example, it will find "March Sales Report Summary," "Report on March Sales," "Summer Sales Events," and "Report From Iron Mountain."