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NAVIGATION
Hide filter options (quick)
Use this option if you want to navigate quickly in the tree structure. When this option is chosen, there are no search options available.
Show filter options (advanced)
Use this option if you want to search for content. When this option is selected, additional search and filter options become available. See the "Searching for documents" section below. The tree that is shown when using this option is dynamic and expands/decreases based on the search terms entered.
SEARCHING FOR DOCUMENTS
Free text   Enter a word or a phrase in the 'Free Text'-field and press the "Search" button to see documents matching the word/phrase in any language.
Enclose the phrase in quotations marks to search for this exact phrase. E.g. "ABB Motors".
If no operators is entered in the phrase the search for content containing all the words is performed.
Operators It is possible to make a search more precise through combining words with operators. The advanced search has functionality to make this easy, but you can also combine words with operators in the search field here. The operators are:

AND
Selects documents that contain all of the search elements you specify.
Example: power AND former
OR Selects documents that contain any of the search elements you specify.
Example: power OR former
NOT Excludes documents containing the words or phrases.
Example: power NOT former

The operators can be combined. Example: power OR former NOT electric

Wildcard characters  

The words you enter into the search field can be made more flexible by using wildcard characters. These are * and ?.

* Specifies zero or more characters.
? Specifies one character.

Example: A query with the word photo would return documents containing the word photo or normal variations of the word like photos. A query with the word photo* would also return documents containing the word photoelectric.

Language   If you want to restrict the search to documents with a specific language you can choose the language in this field. Otherwise use the "All languages" setting.
Doc. Kind   You can choose to filter the search to only include specific document kinds (Brochure, Data Sheet,...).
Updated You can choose to see only the documents that have been updated most recently (within the last week, month or quarter).
Show only latest revision Selecting this option will only display the latest revision of each document. Deselect this option if you wish to see all available revisions of the documents.
Reset Use this button to reset all the search criteria.
Search Use this button to perform the search using the criteria entered.
Other options
Advanced search Click the "advanced search" link to open the Advanced free text search in a new window.
 

NAVIGATING THE RESULTS

The result list is presented under "RESULT - DOCUMENTS" on the right part of the page. The first 10 matches are shown. To view other results, use the numbers or "NEXT" links under the results.

Each time a new search criteria is entered, the result list is updated.

Navigate in the structure in the bottom left. Expand the categories to see sub-categories by clicking on the "+" sign or on the category name. Collapse categories by clicking on the "-" sign or on the category name. When expanding or collapsing a category, all documents for that specific category will be shown in the result frame on the right.

With filter options turned on, the number of documents in that category is displayed after each category name. This number includes all sub-categories to the displayed category.

 
For more information, please refer to the Library User Guide