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====== Search Policies ====== | ====== Search Policies ====== |
| The policy manager search feature performs searches on content, titles, and summaries of all text-based policy documents (Word doc, PowerPoint, Text-based PDF) |
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The policy manager search feature performs searches on content, titles, and summaries of all text based policy documents (Word doc, PowerPoint, Text-based PDF) | {{ :pm:search_policies_form.png?nolink |}} |
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===== Search Types ===== | ===== Search Types ===== |
==== Keyword Search ==== | ==== Keyword Search ==== |
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To perform a keyword search, provide a list of words seperated by spaces: ''%%password wifi public%%''. Keywords are weighted based on the order they appear. The first word in the list (password) is considered "more important" than the second word (wifi). A keyword search will find documents containing the words in the provided keyword list. | To perform a keyword search, provide a list of words separated by spaces: ''%%password wifi public%%''. Keywords are weighted based on the order they appear. The first word in the list (password) is considered "more important" than the second word (wifi). A keyword search will find documents containing the words in the provided keyword list. |
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==== Phrase Search ==== | ==== Phrase Search ==== |
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To search for a phrase in a document, wrap the phrase in double quotes: ''%%"wifi password policy"%%''. A phrase search will look for documents which contain the exact phrase (ignoring case). It will only match documents which contain all words in the phrase in the exact order entered. | To search for a phrase in a document, wrap the phrase in double-quotes: ''%%"wifi password policy"%%''. A phrase search will look for documents that contain the exact phrase (ignoring case). It will only match documents that contain all words in the phrase in the exact order entered. |
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===== Result Types ===== | ===== Result Types ===== |
==== Exact Matches ==== | ==== Exact Matches ==== |
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Exact matches are documents which match the search criteria exactly (ignoring case). Exact matches do not match different forms of words. E.g. if you search ''%%policies%%'', documents containing only the word ''%%policy%%'' will not be considered a match. | Exact matches are documents that match the search criteria exactly (ignoring case). Exact matches do not match different forms of words. E.g. if you search ''%%policies%%'', documents containing only the word ''%%policy%%'' will not be considered a match. |
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An exact match for a keyword search is a document which contains //all// keywords in the provided list. When searching ''%%password wifi public%%'': if a document contains ''%%password%%'' and ''%%wifi%%'', but **not** ''%%public%%'', it will **not** be considered an exact match. | An exact match for a keyword search is a document which contains //all// keywords in the provided list. When searching ''%%password wifi public%%'': if a document contains ''%%password%%'' and ''%%wifi%%'', but **not** ''%%public%%'', it will **not** be considered an exact match. |
==== Related Matches ==== | ==== Related Matches ==== |
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Related matches are documents which do not match the search query exactly but contain exact matches for only part of your search criteria and/or words which are only //related// to the ones you searched for. | Related matches are documents that do not match the search query exactly but contain exact matches for only part of your search criteria and/or words which are only //related// to the ones you searched for. |
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A related word is one that has the same meaning of the word you searched for but in a different form.(E.g. different tense, plurality, etc). For example, if you searched for the keyword ''%%officer%%'': a document which did not contain the word ''%%officer%%'' but contained ''%%officers%%'', ''%%officer's%%'', ''%%officers'%%'', ''%%officered%%'', or ''%%officering%%'' would be considered a related match. | A related word is one that has the same meaning of the word you searched for but in a different form (e.g. different tense, plurality, etc). For example, if you searched for the keyword ''%%officer%%'': a document which did not contain the word ''%%officer%%'' but contained ''%%officers%%'', ''%%officer's%%'', ''%%officers'%%'', ''%%officered%%'', or ''%%officering%%'' would be considered a related match. |
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> Releated searches for phrases act like keyword searches. Documents which contain any form of any word in the phrase will be considered a related match. | > Related searches for phrases act like keyword searches. Documents that contain any form of any word in the phrase will be considered a related match. |
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===== Rank ===== | ===== Rank ===== |
> Title and Summary matches tend to have higher rankings than content matches since they contain fewer words and therefore the matched part makes up a higher percentage of the content. | > Title and Summary matches tend to have higher rankings than content matches since they contain fewer words and therefore the matched part makes up a higher percentage of the content. |
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===== Search within a single document ===== | ===== Navigation ===== |
| ==== Go to Policy in the Table of Contents ==== |
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To search inside a single document click on the magnifying glass icon next to the document's search result record. This will temporarily convert the document to a pdf, open it in PdfXe, and highlight all matches within the document. You can then use the PdfXe search panel to perform full featured searches within the document. [[https://help.tracker-software.com/pdfxe8/|See the PdfXe manual]] for more information on search. | To go to a policy's record in the table of contents click the "go to ToC" button ({{:pm:gototoc.png?nolink|}}) next to the result record. |
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| ==== Edit a Policy ==== |
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| To edit a policy double-click the desired policy's search result row. This will open the [[pm:policy_detail_form|Details form]]. |
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| ==== Search Within a Single Document ==== |
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| To search inside a single document click on the magnifying glass icon next to the document's search result record. This will temporarily convert the document to a pdf, open it in PDF-XChange Editor (PdfXe), and highlight all matches within the document. You can then use the PdfXe search panel to perform full-featured searches within the document. [[https://help.tracker-software.com/pdfxe8/|See the PdfXe manual]] for more information on search. |
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