Keyword Searches for Data
Use a keyword search to locate entries that contain the keywords and/or exact phrases that you specify.
When searching for keywords,
My webMethods searches across one or more fields. To determine the fields that
My webMethods searches, see
Determining the Fields that Keywords are
Searched Against. Keyword searches are
not case sensitive.
You can use the following special characters in your keywords:
Embed an asterisk (*) any place within a keyword to match multiple characters. The asterisk functions as a wildcard character. For example, if you want to locate all entries that contain the letter “b” and “c” with any number of characters between, type
b*c as the keyword.
Enclose a keyword in quotations (" ") to match an exact phrase. For example, if you want to locate all entries that contain the phrase "123 Main Street", type
"123 Main Street". Note that search for exact phrases is case-insensitive.
My webMethods performs an AND operation on the keywords you specify. In other words, all keywords that you specify must be present for My webMethods to include an entry in the search results. Additionally, My webMethods searches as if you had enclosed each keyword within asterisks. For example, if you specify the keyword bbb, My webMethods searches as if you specified *bbb* and returns entries that:
Are equal to the keyword itself, for example, ‘man’ returns ‘man’
Start with the keyword, for example, ‘man” returns ‘manual’ and “manufacturer’
End with the keyword, for example, ‘man’ returns ‘roman’ and “snowman’
Have the keyword embedded, for example, ‘man’ returns ‘romantic’ and ‘adamant’
My webMethods does not take the order in which you specify keywords into consideration. It returns entries regardless of the order in which the keywords occur.
If you do not specify any keywords,
My webMethods returns all entries in the search results up to the defined maximum results allowed. The defined maximum number of search results for a keyword search is set by
My webMethods and is typically 200 results. If you want to define the maximum number of results, use the
Max Results or
No Maximum fields on the
Options tab. For more information, see
Setting Search Options for a My webMethods
Page.
Note:
My webMethods searches across a variety of data sources and databases. Some of the data sources and databases do not allow searches that contain certain non-alphanumeric characters. If you specify non-alphanumeric characters in a keyword and the data source or database does not support searching with those characters, rather than issuing an error and requesting you retype your keywords, My webMethods continues with the search. However, My webMethods will replace the non-supported character with a wildcard character that matches a single character. As a result, your search results might include additional entries that do not exactly match the search criteria you specified.