Folio Advanced Query

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Search Syntax Summary

Operator Example Result

And one two
one & two
one and two Finds documents with both 'one' and 'two'.

Or me | you
me or you Finds documents with either 'me' or 'you'.

Not ^him
not him Finds documents that don't contain 'him'.

Exclusive or apples ~ oranges
apples xor oranges Finds documents with either 'apples' or 'oranges', but not both.

Phrase "to be or not" Finds documents with the exact phrase 'to be or not'.

Single character wildcard wom?n
th?? Finds documents with 'woman', 'women', etc., or 'this', 'that', 'them', etc.

Multiple character wildcard a*n
work* Finds documents with 'an', 'addition', 'assign', etc., or 'work', 'works', 'working', etc.

Ordered proximity "corporate tax law"/10 Finds documents with 'corporate', 'tax' and 'law' within 10 words, in the order given.

Unordered proximity "technical resource acquisition"@5 Finds documents with 'technical', 'resource' and 'acquisition' within 5 words, in any order.

Stemming (word form) run% Finds documents with 'run', 'ran', 'runs', and 'running'.

Synonym alert$ Finds documents with 'alert', 'active', 'aware', 'quick', etc.

Operator	Example	Result
And	one two one & two one and two	Finds documents with both 'one' and 'two'.
Or	me \| you me or you	Finds documents with either 'me' or 'you'.
Not	^him not him	Finds documents that don't contain 'him'.
Exclusive or	apples ~ oranges apples xor oranges	Finds documents with either 'apples' or 'oranges', but not both.
Phrase	"to be or not"	Finds documents with the exact phrase 'to be or not'.
Single character wildcard	wom?n th??	Finds documents with 'woman', 'women', etc., or 'this', 'that', 'them', etc.
Multiple character wildcard	an work	Finds documents with 'an', 'addition', 'assign', etc., or 'work', 'works', 'working', etc.
Ordered proximity	"corporate tax law"/10	Finds documents with 'corporate', 'tax' and 'law' within 10 words, in the order given.
Unordered proximity	"technical resource acquisition"@5	Finds documents with 'technical', 'resource' and 'acquisition' within 5 words, in any order.
Stemming (word form)	run%	Finds documents with 'run', 'ran', 'runs', and 'running'.
Synonym	alert$	Finds documents with 'alert', 'active', 'aware', 'quick', etc.