The Mirs search functionality now has the ability to search multiple areas of the site. Each section
will display individual results based on the query and filter options used.
Each word in the query will be searched individually unless enclosed within "quotation marks".
There are several ways to customize your results with the syntax described below.
Each area of the search has filter options specific to that search. The options can be used to:
- Specify how to sort the results.
- Specify the amount of results returned per search.
- Specify specific conditions to be met. Unique to each area.
- By default each word is optional
- A leading plus sign(+) indicates that the word must be present in every row returned.
- A leading minus sign(-) indicates that the word must not be present in any row returned.
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An asterisk(*) is the truncation operator. It indicates that the word
must present anywhere within the text
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Double quotes at the beginning and end of a phrase,
matches only rows that contain the complete phrase, as it was typed.
A leading plus sign(+) indicates that the word must be present in every row returned.
- search: +obama
- returns: every row with the word obama present.
A leading minus sign(-) indicates that the word must not be present in any row returned.
- search: president -obama
- returns: every row containing the word president without the word obama present.
An asterisk(*) is the truncation operator. It indicates that the word must present anywhere within the text
- search: birth*
- returns: every row containing birth (birthday, birthplace).
Double quotes at the beginning and end of a phrase, matches only rows that contain the complete phrase, as it was typed.
Below are examples that combine multiple search techniques.
- search: +united -states
- returns: every row with word united that does not contain word states