oneFish Help: Searching
- All Topics (excluding archives) - searches in all current topics excluding the archive topics.
- All Topics + Archives - searches in all current topics and archive topics.
- Current Topic + Subtopics - searches in the topic you are currently in, plus all of its subtopics, but NOT archives.
- Archives - searches in archive topics only.
- All of the search options above work on all fields in all types of knowledge objects and topics.
- Logical/Boolean operators are automatically inserted (AND, OR, NOT).
- Logical/Boolean operators are case sensitive and when added, must be in UPPERCASE.
- Search terms are NOT case sensitive.
- Lucene
supports single and multiple character wildcard searches. To perform
a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol. To perform a
multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.
- The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced. For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search: te?t.
- Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search: test* You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term. te*t
- Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.
- Clicking
on a word or phrase that has a magnifying glass
next to it will initiate a search the same field in every record.
| Search Expression | Result |
| "north sea cod" | finds all records that include the phrase "north sea cod" |
| north AND sea | finds all records with both north and sea in |
| +north +sea | finds all records with both north and sea in |
| +north +sea -ecopath | finds records with the words north and sea but not ecopath (in any order) |
| north OR sea | finds records with either the word north or the word sea or both in any order |
| north sea | finds records with either the word north or the word sea or both in any order |
| id:8759 | finds record number 8759 |
| in:422 | finds all records with the primary/parent topic of aquaculture |
| fish AND under: 8757 | finds any records with the word fish in under topic number 8757 |
| (fish AND under: 422) OR artisanal | finds any records with the word fish in under topic number 422 and any records with the word artisanal in |
The Advanced Search screen allows you to search in specific fields within a specific Knowledge Object type (e.g. documents), so the first thing you have to do is to choose the KO type you wish to search on by clicking on the relevant KO tab.
The advanced search screen is divided into two sections:
Top Section:
Search Options These options work in the same way as for the simple search. [Date] Added: Only change the default parameters in these two fields if you want to search for knowledge objects added since a certain date of during a specific time span, e.g.:
If you select 01 Jan 2000 in the first drop down list, and leave the second box blank, the system will search for all KOs added on or after 1 January 2000.
If you select 01 Jan 1990 in the first drop down list, and 01 Jan 1995 in the second drop down list, the system will search for all KOs added between 1 January 1990 and 1 January 1995.
[Date] Changed Only change the default parameters in these two fields if you want to search for knowledge objects changed/updated since a certain date of during a specific time span, e.g.:
If you select 01 Jan 2000 in the first drop down list, and leave the second box blank, the system will search for all KOs changed/updated on or after 1 January 2000.
If you select 01 Jan 1990 in the first drop down list, and 01 Jan 1995 in the second drop down list, the system will search for all KOs changed/updated between 1 January 1990 and 1 January 1995.
Output Type Choose HTML (web page) to display the search results on the screen. Choose CSV (comma delimited) to export the search results. Maximum Number of Records Select the number of records you want to either display or export. Search Expression Use this field to search for a specific keyword term or phrase in any field in the KO type chosen. Alternatively use this field to search in a specific field within this KO type not listed in the bottom section of the advanced search screen. Bottom Section:
The fields available in the bottom section of the Advanced Search vary according to the type of KO you have chosen to search. Simply enter the search term, using quotation marks for phrases, e.g. "salmon roe".
- If you want to export search results/references, you should choose the CSV (comma delimited) option from the drop-down list of output types.
- When the system has finished searching you will be prompted to either: Open this file from its current location, or: Save this file to disk. If you save the file to disk you will be able to subsequently import the information in the file into an Excel worksheet or other database program that accepts comma delimited file import.
- Normally, only information held in Required fields is exported. If you need to export more detailed information you should contact the Chief Editor.