Performing a preview search

When you're within a document or email preview and looking for a particular section or subject, you can perform a Preview Search .

Using search operators within preview search

  • Open the desired document or email within the iManage Work Web client > enter the preferred search term > press Enter or select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png next to the search bar.
    OR

  • To perform a more exhaustive search, enter the search terms > select one of the available search operators > press Enter or select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Figure: Performing a preview search with the Match case operator
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    Table: Available search operators

    Search Operator

    Icon

    Description

    Example

    Match exact word or phrase

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    Use this operator to match the exact word or phrase.

    To use this operator, enter search term > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.11.25_PM2.png > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Input: risks
    Output: risks

    Match case

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    Use this operator to exactly match the case of your search term.

    To use this operator, enter search term > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.13.34_PM2.png > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Input: WARRANTY
    Output: WARRANTY

    Whole Word

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    Use this operator to find instances of the search term that appear as whole words.

    To use this operator, enter search term > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.19.25_PM2.png > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Input: monitor
    Output: monitor

    NOTE: In a document containing the terms such as monitoring, monitors or monitored, performing a Whole Word search for the term "monitor" only returns the exact term.

    Begins With

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    Use this operator to find words that start with a particular term.

    To use this operator, enter search term > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.21.04_PM2.png > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Input: S
    Output: supplies, sort, service and so on.

    Ends With

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    Use this operator to find words that end with a particular term.

    To use this operator, enter search term > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.21.20_PM2.png > select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Input: S
    Output: Services, ports, agreements and so on.

    Use Wildcards

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    Use this operator in place of any number of unknown characters.


    Input: gene***

    Output: generate, general, and so on.

    Proximity Search

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    Use this operator to find two words which are nearby the Nth value.

    Input: security information ~3
    Output: information to classify the security


    You can perform a preview search to find some common information, using available data parameters within the document by selecting the drop-down list to narrow your search based on what you are looking for.
    From the drop-down list, select one or more data parameters, for example—dates, postal code, phone numbers, email and so on, and then press Enter or select images/download/thumbnails/148607998/Screenshot_2022-01-24_at_2.08.34_PM.png .

    Figure: Performing a preview search for common data types
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    Table: Sample data parameters and examples

    Parameter

    Example

    US Social Security Number

    123-45-6789

    USA Phone Number

    123-4567 or 123-456-7891

    E-mail

    blank@blank.com

    USA Postal Code

    12345 or 12345-1234

    Date

    28/01/2022 or 01/28/22

    NOTE:

    Each item looks for only the shown combination of digits and symbols and highlights the found results.