Below are some tips for getting better results when using LabKey’s full-text search feature. These are from one of our Search developers, Adam.

1. If your search term is a phrase then enclose it in quotes. Otherwise, you’ll get all documents that include any of the terms (though those that include more terms should appear higher in the results).
2. If your search term includes special characters, try enclosing it in quotes. Or

3. If your search term includes special characters, try escaping the special characters

   • Our search engine supports escaping special characters that are part of the query syntax. The current list special characters are

     + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
     

   • To escape these character use the \ before the character. For example to search for (1+1):2 use the query:

     \(1\+1\)\:2
     

4. If you’re searching our Bug Tracker, then definitely use the Bug Tracker search page at https://www.labkey.org/issues/home/Developer/issues/list.view?. This limits results to a single type and folder.