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Search in Web Client for Exact character string

Laserfiche Search and Retrieval

Updated February 25, 2020

asked on February 24, 2020

I am trying to search for an exact string of characters using the Web Client. I have tried putting my work in quotations, both single and double, but I always get results based on 'contains' logic on 'exact word' logic. I have seen suggestions about turning off fuzzy search, but there is no setting for that in the web client and I have also tried that in the Desktop Client and it does not limit the search to exact. Any suggestions.

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replied on February 24, 2020

Can you provide a screenshot of the search you are running with the search syntax shown? It will be much easier to provide recommendations if we can see exactly what type of search you are performing and the syntax being sent over.

Something like this:

You can just put "example search" instead of your actual search terms. To get this view, click on "Advanced" next to the search bar, then click on "Show search syntax" near the bottom.

For future reference the web client does support changing fuzzy search settings, under your username dropdown in the right hand corner -> Options -> Search:

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replied on February 25, 2020 • Show version history

Brianna,

Thank you for the tip on how to get to the Search Options in the Web Client.

Also, here is a screen shot

I changed the option to turn off fuzzy search. I have also tried the search term with and without "". Results are the same.

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replied on February 25, 2020

Ah, I see the issue. The relevant option is "Find partial matches when performing a quick search" (earlier on that same settings page)

Since this is a document name search, neither the quotes nor the fuzzy search settings will apply.

Those options apply only to "indexed searches", which include document text, comment-like metadata, and fields designated as indexed by an administrator. Document name searches can either return exact matches only (no need for quotes) or partial matches (where there may be other content on either side of your search term).

However, in your case it looks like just turning off the "partial matches" would not get you the results you want since your string is only part of the full document name.

If the number you are searching on is always at the end of the name, you could (1) turn off partial matches and (2) manually add an asterisk wildcard, like *111

However, since turning off partial matches applies to all quick searches, you might be better off creating a custom quick search so you can easily run this type of search without affecting your other searches the rest of the time.

You can do this by opening the "Advanced" dialog, click on "Show Search Syntax" on the bottom, then clicking on "Create Custom Quick Search"

That opens up the custom quick search dialog. Below is an example of a search that returns only entries that end with your search term:

Here's the query so you can copy+paste: {LF:name="*%(SearchTerm)", Type="DFS"}

It then will appear alongside other quick search options:

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