Performing a Search

The Coveo Platform is a keyword search engine. The engine looks for the keywords that you type in the search box in the unified index to find documents containing these keywords.

To perform a search

1. Open a Coveo access point such as the Desktop Searchbar shown below (see Coveo Access Points).

   

   	Click to open the list of available .NET search interfaces
   	Click to select the desired .NET search interface
   	Search box
   	Launch search button

2. Select the .NET search interface in which you want to perform your search (see About .NET Search Hubs and Search Interfaces).

   Note: The available .NET search interfaces depend on the Coveo Platform configuration in your organization.

3. In the search box, compose your query.

   • Most of the time, typing one or more descriptive keywords leads to what you are looking for (see Basic Query Composition Facts and Guidelines).

   • Occasionally, you will probably find useful to use exact match queries (see Searching an Exact Term).

   • Power users will occasionally use other more advanced search features (see More Advanced Search).

4. Launch the search by pressing Enter or clicking the search button next to the search box.

   Note: When you launch the search and the search box is empty, the @uri query is performed, returning all documents.

5. Review the results (see Search Results).