Refer to these general tips to help you improve your
search results in Alfresco.
- Single word
- By default, Alfresco
will search the filename and content of content items, and the
filename of spaces, for the text entered in the search box. For
example, if you are looking for all content items containing the word
William, simply enter William in the search box.
- Multiple words
- You can narrow your results further by using two or more search
terms. For example, to find William and Shakespeare,
type William Shakespeare in the search box.
- Quoted phrase
- To find an exact phrase, surround your search term with quotation
marks. For example, to find the phrase to be or not to be, type "to
be or not to be" in the search box.
- Partial word match (wildcard)
- If you want to match part of a word, you can indicate the part to
be found by inserting an asterisk directly before it. For example, a
search for *able will return results for capable,
readable, and scalable.
You will only get results for
a wildcard search if the asterisk is placed at the beginning of the
search term. If the wildcard is placed anywhere else in the term, such
as at the end, it will be ignored. A search term can contain only one
asterisk.