

Use dtSearch to complete stemming, fuzzy, and proximity searches on the information included in your dtSearch index.
Consider the following before running a dtSearch.
To run a dtSearch in the Search panel from the Documents list in Relativity:
To run a dtSearch in the Search browser:
The following table shows search string examples and their expected results. For more information, see Using dtSearch syntax options.
Search String | Returns Documents With... |
---|---|
apple pear | The exact phrase apple pear |
"apple pear" | The exact phrase apple pear |
apple AND pear | The word apple and the word pear |
(apple and pear) AndAny (grape or banana) | Any document that contains apple and pear, with grape and banana also being counted as hits. Grape and banana aren't evaluated as conditions. They're simply added to the search results as optional terms to be highlighted if they appear in the document. |
apple OR pear | Either apple or pear |
apple W/5 pear | Apple appears within 5 words of pear |
apple PRE/5 pear | Apple appears within 5 words before pear Note: Relativity does not use the POST operator. However, you can mimic this functionality by reversing the order of the terms, and using the PRE operator. |
apple NOT W/5 pear | Apple does not appear within 5 words of pear |
apple AND NOT pear | Apple appears but pear does not. |
apple W/5 xfirstword | Apple appears in the first 6 words of the document. |
apple w/5 xlastword | Apple appears in the last 6 words of the document. |
When a word has more than 32 characters (none of which are whitespace, characters in the CJKRanges section, or symbols configured as spaces), dtSearch truncates the word and only indexes on the first 32 characters for a match. As a result, if you search for a term with 33 or more characters, dtSearch will match any document containing a word that begins with the first 32 characters of the search term. If there isn't a match for those characters, nothing will be returned.
For example, if you search for this 35-character word, “ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheQuestionToAsk,” dtSearch will search on the first 32 characters, ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheQuestionTo, and return words that starts with those letters. The search results will include these if they are present in the searched documents:
See below examples for additional references using a humorous word from the movie, "Mary Poppins": Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Search | Length (in characters) | Returned results |
---|---|---|
supercalifragilisticexpialido | 29 | supercalifragilisticexpialido |
supercalifragilisticexpialidoc | 30 | supercalifragilisticexpialidoc |
supercalifragilisticexpialidoci | 31 | supercalifragilisticexpialidoci |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocio | 32 |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocio supercalifragilisticexpialidociou supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
supercalifragilisticexpialidociou | 33 |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocio supercalifragilisticexpialidociou supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | 34 |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocio supercalifragilisticexpialidociou supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
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