Relativity – Search | 83 Complete Questions And
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Keyword Search - ANSWER Default search engine. Automatically indexes when
you load data into the system. Available on all fields loaded into Relativity, Except
Data Grid-enabled long text fields.
dtSearch - ANSWER Created from a saved search. Search only on the Extracted
Text field for optimal results. Available on all text fields loaded into Relativity.
Lucene Search - ANSWER Primarily used in the Audit (i.e., Data Grid)
application within Relativity. Searches any long text fields (on the document
object) of your choice. You can access Lucene Search from the Documents folder,
Field tree browser, Saved Searches browser, and Clusters browser. Lucene Search
syntax includes single-term search, exact phrase search, wildcards, fuzziness,
proximity, Boolean operators, and grouping.
AND, OR, NOT - ANSWER Boolean operators (Keyword, dtSearch, Lucene)
* - ANSWER Multiple character wildcard returning zero or more additional
unknown characters. (Keyword, dtSearch, Lucene)
? - ANSWER Single character wildcard returning zero or more unknown
characters depending upon how many "?" characters are inserted. (dtSearch,
Lucene)
W/# - ANSWER Proximity connector (dtSeatch only)
,PRE/# - ANSWER Search for a word that appears within a certain number of
words before another word (e.g., apple PRE/5 pear) (dtSearch only)
w/# xfirstword - ANSWER Searches for a term within a certain proximity to the
first word in a document (e.g., apple W/10 xfirstword) (dtSearch only)
w/# xlastword - ANSWER Searches for a term within a certain proximity to the
last word in a document (e.g., apple W/10 xlastword) (dtSearch only)
( ) - ANSWER Determines search operator order (e.g., red AND (green w/5
blue) (dtSearch)
" " - ANSWER Searches for phrases in word order, and makes connectors (i.e.,
AND, OR, NOT, TO, CONTAINS) searchable. Available in dtSearch but not required
unless a Boolean operator is part of the phrase. (Keyword, dtSearch, and Lucene).
Adding a tilde (~) at the end of a connector also makes it searchable. (dtSearch)
% - ANSWER Single or multiple character fuzzy searching (e.g., h%mme% -
returns hammer or hummer) (dtSearch)
~ - ANSWER Stemming - returns documents containing grammatical variations
of a root word. Stemming is available as a search character, and via checkbox in
the Dictionary Search or Saved Search interface (dtSearch only).
True or False?
, In Lucene Search, you must use quotes to search for an exact phrase. -
ANSWER True
True or False?
In dtSearch, you can search for an exact phrase with or without quotes. -
ANSWER True
Auto-recognition - ANSWER Provides you with the ability to search for various
date formats, e-mail addresses, and credit card numbers using specialized
operators designed to hit on multiple date, e-mail address, and credit card info
formats. Can dramatically affect indexing and searching performance (i.e., take
longer and use more room).
AndAny - ANSWER The words before the AndAny connector are required, and
the words after the AndAny connector are optional (e.g., (apple and pear) AndAny
(grape or banana)) (dtSearch only).
NOT - ANSWER You CAN use the NOT operator by itself at the beginning of a
search expression. When the NOT operator appears in the middle of a search
expression, it must be used in conjunction with either AND or OR (i.e, OR NOT,
AND NOT). You can also use NOT in a proximity search (e.g., red NOT W/3 blue).
AND NOT - ANSWER You can use the AND NOT operator to develop queries for
documents that include the first expression but not the second expression.