topic Searching 1-2-3 in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134431#M94357 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to figure out how to use searching, and/or configure how search behaves, and am not sure that I understand it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm not sure how to put this clearly…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Basically, Alfresco says it has a search engine that works like internet search engines, but it has an implied OR, instead of an implied AND, between terms, and this causes confusing and unexpected behaviour. Where people would expect a more detailed query to get more focused results, and far fewer of them, this behavior causes a more detailed query to get less focused results, and far more of them.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>At present the search, AFAICT, acts like there is an OR between each search term, which is contrary to my (and, I believe, some end users') expectations: Google has taught us to use words to make a specific search, with more terms for a more specific search rather than a more expansive one, and if there are only a few pages that deal with London restaurants, expect to see the few pages that deal with 'London restaurants', not a larger number of pages than would occur either in a search for 'London' or a search for 'restaurants', and most of which are irrelevant by discussing London without reference to restaurants, or discussing restaurants without reference to London. On the web, the first search engine results page for 'London OR restaurants' will probably get decent results if you want a London restaurant, but when that query is matched against someone's content management system, you're more likely to get items (only relevant to part of your query) more quickly.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a way to configure Google-like behaviour, at least to the point of having an implied AND joining search terms if not otherwise specified, and allowing Boolean use of 'AND', 'OR', 'NOT', '(', and ')'?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:39:16 GMT jonathanscorner 2007-11-15T22:39:16Z Searching 1-2-3 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134431#M94357 I am trying to figure out how to use searching, and/or configure how search behaves, and am not sure that I understand it.I'm not sure how to put this clearly…Basically, Alfresco says it has a search engine that works like internet search engines, but it has an implied OR, instead of an implied AND, Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:39:16 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134431#M94357 jonathanscorner 2007-11-15T22:39:16Z Re: Searching 1-2-3 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134432#M94358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>a '+' sign in front of the search words behaves like the traditional 'and'.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:53:27 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134432#M94358 tonytony 2007-11-15T22:53:27Z Re: Searching 1-2-3 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134433#M94359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">a '+' sign in front of the search words behaves like the traditional 'and'.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>Thank you.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My reason for asking is not my personal use, but what others will be able to do with it, and I would prefer to leave them as much of a 'just makes sense' default behaviour as I can.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>That tip is good for my own searching. But how can I configure 'out of the box' behaviour for others?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:22:51 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134433#M94359 jonathanscorner 2007-11-15T23:22:51Z Re: Searching 1-2-3 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134434#M94360 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It is not configurable, please raise a </SPAN><A href="http://issues.alfresco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JIRA</A><SPAN> item if you think it would be useful.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can also use "-" for NOT as well as "+" for AND as you already know.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:42:41 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134434#M94360 kevinr 2007-11-26T17:42:41Z Re: Searching 1-2-3 https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134435#M94361 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">It is not configurable, please raise a <A href="http://issues.alfresco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JIRA</A> item if you think it would be useful.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:52:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/searching-1-2-3/m-p/134435#M94361 jonathanscorner 2007-11-26T17:52:23Z