Cheat Sheet

Operators in Search

Operator Description	Operator	Example
Wildcard Operator	* - Asterisk Operator ? - Question Operator	`test\*` `te?t_`
Fuzzy Search Operator	~ - Tilde Operator	`roam~`
Proximity	~10 - Tilde with numeric Operators	`“searchblox j2ee”~10`
Exact Search Operator	"" - Double Quotes operator	`“Old is gold"`
OR Operator	OR	`“searchblox server” OR elasticsearch`
AND Operator	AND	`searchblox AND j2ee`
NOT Operator	NOT	`“searchblox server” NOT j2ee`
Plus Operator	+ - Plus Operator	`+searchblox j2ee`
Prohibit Operator	- -Minus Operator	`"searchblox server” -j2ee`
Fielded Search Operator	: -Colon Operator	`keywords:news`
Escape Operator	\	`test\~`

Field	Description	Example
title	Title of the document	`title: test`
keywords	Keywords from the document	`keywords: search`
description	Description of the document	`description: "This is test"`
url	URL of the document	`url: "https://www.searcblox.com"`
content	content of the document	`content: searchblox content`
contenttype	File type of the document	`contenttype: pdf`
meta data	custom fields index from html, files or databases	`author: Stephan`
Grouping	combination of SearchBlox and custom fields can be provided in fielded search	`title: test AND author: Stephen AND keywords:search` `+travel +world +(title:news)` `((world AND travel) OR keywords:news) AND cnn`

Search Query	Find the documents with
`searchblox test`	If default=OR contain the words `searchblox` or `test`. If default=AND contain the words `searchblox` or `test`.
`enterprise (contenttype:word OR contenttype:excel OR contenttype:msg)`	contain the word `enterprise` and have the file types as word, excel, or msg.
`"Enterprise Search"`	contain the exact expression `Enterprise Search`.
`Enterprise AND Search`	contain the words `Enterprise` and `Search`.
`("Enterprise" OR "Search") AND "SearchBlox"`	contain the word `Enterprise` or `Search` and the word `SearchBlox`.
`SearchBlox NOT test`	contain the word `SearchBlox` but not the word `test`.
`(Wellness^2.0 OR help) AND learning`	contain `Wellness` or `help` and `learning`. The occurrence of `Wellness` is twice as strong rated as other terms.
`+Enterprise +Search`	contain the words `Enterprise` and `Search`.
`Enterprise Search +SearchBlox`	contain the word `Enterprise` or `Search` and the word `SearchBlox`.
`+(Enterprise Search) +SearchBlox`	contain either `Enterprise` or `Search` and `SearchBlox`
`SearchBlox -test`	contain the word `SearchBlox` but not the word `test`.