More Advanced Search
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Normal keywords – both must be present in the found documents. |
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Field query – the documents must be created or modified at least a month ago. |
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Proximity operator – The terms must be present ten or less terms apart in the found documents |
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Prefixes and Operators
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The Coveo Platform supports a number of prefixes and various types of operators (Boolean, mathematical, date, email,…) to help you create more precise queries (see Search Prefixes and Operators and Using Special Characters in Queries).
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Field Codes
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In the Coveo unified index, a field contains information from metadata that comes with the indexed documents. Metadata is information about a document rather than information contained in a document (see What Are Field Queries and Free Text Queries?). The Coveo Platform supports numerous field codes for a variety of systems (see Available Field Aliases). You can use field queries (see Useful Field Query Examples).
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Wildcard
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By default you can use wildcard characters (? and *) in a query to expand keywords and therefore expand the query (see Using Wildcards in Queries).
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Query String Parameters
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The URL of the search interface can include a number of query string parameters to more precisely control the query sent to the server (see .NET Search Query String Parameters).
Tip: You probably already use complex queries without knowing (see User Interface Elements Hiding Complex Queries).