Using expression search operators

Expression operators enable a focused document search. You can build a query by combining words or text strings with expression operators such as and and or. You can also combine operators for more complex searches.

Note: By default, ApplicationXtender Web Access interprets search expressions from left to right, one search operator at a time, and narrows the results with each subsequent search.

The following table describes the expression operators with examples:

Operator	Example	ApplicationXtender finds documents with
ftand	'AEX' ftand 'Simon'	Both AEX and Simon
ftor	'AEX' ftor 'Simon'	Either AEX or Simon
ftnot	'AEX' ftand ftnot 'Simon'	AEX but not Simon
?	'A?X' with wildcards	A string of three consecutive characters, in which the first must be A, the second can be any character, and the last must be X
*	'S*' with wildcards	Any string that begins with S
()	'AEX' ftand ('Simon' ftor 'Schiff')	Either Simon or Schiff first, and of those documents, ApplicationXtender retrieves the ones that also have AEX