Search: General

Under Search: General , in the Options dialog box, you can configure the type of information that will appear after a search is performed in the Laserfiche client application. For more information, see Assigning Columns to the Details View. This node as the following sub-sections: General (discussed on this page), Results Display, and Columns.

• Fuzzy Search
  • Use fuzzy search: Returns all words or phrases similar to the word or phrase typed.
    • Percentage of word: Define the percentage of the word that can differ from the search criteria and still be considered a search result.
    • Number of letters: Specify the maximum number of letters that a word can differ from the specified criteria and still be considered a search result.

      Note: Increasing fuzziness can slow performance and result in irrelevant search results. If these problems occur while fuzzy search is turned on, reduce the breadth of your fuzzy search.

• Search Options
  • Find partial matches when performing a basic search or quick search: Returns partial matches for a search term when searching by entry name, field, or annotation text using the Basic or Quick Search. If you search for "February," the search engine will return results matching *February* (meaning that text may come before or after the searched term, i.e. "10 February" or "February 22, 2016").

    Note: The Find partial matches when performing a basic search option does not return partial matches for document text searches. To return partial matches when searching a document's text, use the Text search type and configure fuzzy search.

  • Include variants of root words in text searches: Returns words that are variants of your search term. (This option is also sometimes called "search stemming.") For instance, if you select this option and then search for the word "swim," the search results will also include the words "swam" and "swimming." This only applies to text searches.
  • Show Records Management options: This option determines whether or not the Records Management Search options will be displayed in the Search Pane.
• Case/Accent Sensitive Search: Controls whether searches will be case sensitive or accent sensitive. Select the combination of case and accent sensitivity you want to use. By default, this will match the case and accent sensitivity setting in the Laserfiche Administration Console (learn more).