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Advanced Search Syntax - Or command

Version 10 Search and Retrieval

Updated February 7, 2019

asked on February 7, 2019

Hi All,

I've noticed something strange with the search syntax. I want to perform a search in a document type field, for everything except for 'Email' or 'Invoice'. So the search command is this in my testing:-

{[]:[Document Type]="*"}-{[]:[Document Type]="Email"}|{[]:[Document Type]="Invoice"}

However , this gives me everything except for Emails. It seems the 'or' pipe command is being ignored as I still get 'Invoice' in my search results.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something here?

LF Client 10.3.1.502

Cheers!

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replied on February 7, 2019

This search reads "every doc but Email" OR "invoice docs". If you need it to say "everything but email or invoice" you need parentheses around the 2 document type conditions so they're both excluded.

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replied on February 7, 2019

Hi Miruna,

Thanks, changing it to the following has worked.

{[]:[Document Type]="*"}-({[]:[Document Type]="Email"}|{[]:[Document Type]="Invoice"})

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