Use search operators in Filevine’s search boxes to improve your search results.
Backtick Character
Whenever using search syntax, you must begin your search with the backtick character: `. The backtick character triggers the search operator and returns only those results specified by the search syntax you are using.
For example, if you wanted to use quotation marks to return only those results that match John Smith exactly, you would type the following into the search bar:
`”John Smith”
including the backtick before the query.
Search Operators
Use the following search syntax operations to improve your search results. To return only the results specified by your search syntax, use the backtick character before the query to override other search weighting.
| Operation | Character | Example | What it Does |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEIGHT SYNTAX | ` | ` John +Smith | overrides normal search weighting and returns only the results that adhere to your search syntax |
|
DOC TITLE |
DOCTITLE |
DOCTITLE “Cool Title” |
searches and returns results specifically for titles of documents |
|
DOC CONTENT |
DOCCONTENT |
DOCCONTENT “note” |
searches and returns results specifically in the text of documents |
| AND | + / AND | John +Smith / John AND Smith | returns results with both "John" and "Smith" |
| OR | | / OR | Jake | John / Jake OR John | returns results with either "Jake" or "John" |
| NOT | - / NOT | John -Jake / John NOT Jake | returns all results that contain "John" and do not contain "Jake" |
| EXACTLY | "" | "this is a note" | returns results with the exact phrase in quotation marks |
| PREFIX | * | John Sm* | returns results that contain "Sm" at the beginning of a word; here, the results would include "Smith," "Smalls," "Smitherson" |
| WILDCARD | ? | J?ke | returns results that contain the letters around the question mark, with the question mark as a wildcard; here, the results would include "Joke" and "Jake" |
| PREFER | () | John (Smith) | returns results with the text inside the parenthetical first, then trickle down to include results with other text |
| WORD FUZZINESS | ~N | Jonathan~2 | returns results that are N changes away from the search word; the number placed after the tilde (~) indicates number of changes from the word; here, the results would include "Nathan," "Jonithan," or "Joanthan" |
| PHRASE FUZZINESS | ~N | John Montgomery Smith ~1 | returns results that are N changes away from the search phrase; the number placed after the tilde (~) indicates number of changes from the phrase; here, the results would include "John Smith," "John Smith Montgomery," or "Montgomery John Smith" |
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