How is Project Tracker search different from other popular search tools?

Searching Project Tracker is similar to searching Google or Yahoo. To find items containing a particular word, type that word into the Search field and hit Go or Search.

Project Tracker allows you to search within a specific field where you enter the search string. For example, if you enter the search string in the Summary field of an artifact, the search will restrict itself to that field in all the artifacts.

For example, try this:

1. Click the Query Artifacts link.
2. Click the Advanced Query tab. The screen displays several sections with each field of the artifact represented as a section.
3. Enter the search keywords "Defect Information" in the Summary field of one of the sections, for example: Duplicate Check Info.
4. Click Submit at the bottom of the screen.

The results will be displayed listing all artifacts containing the words "Defect" OR "Information" in the Summary field of the Duplicate Check Info section.

For other common search types, follow these guidelines:

• To find items containing a phrase, type the phrase inside double quote marks.
• To find items where the word "hot" and the word "cold" both appear, type "hot AND cold" (without the quote marks).
• To find items where either the word "hot" or the word "cold" appears, type "hot OR cold" (without the quote marks).
• To search for items with words similar to your search terms, add the tilde symbol ~ at the end of a word. For example, to search for a term similar in spelling to "roam," search for roam~. This search will find terms like foam and roams.
• To search with a wildcard character, use the "?" symbol. For example, to find items containing either "text" or "test," type in "te?t" (without quotes). When a wildcard might represent multiple characters, use the "*" symbol instead of the question mark.
• The wildcard character doesn't work if it is the first character in the search term.
• The case (capital or small letters) of your search terms does not matter. If you enter the word "dip," you get pages that contain "DIP" and "Dip" as well as "dip."

These are some of the more commonly used text search criteria. For more details, or if you are getting an unexpected result, see What operators does the Project Tracker search tool take?.