You can search for documents or objects using the portal
banner, using the Portal Search portlet, using advanced search, using
federated search, or using the Administrative Objects Directory. Each
method of search uses the same text search rules.
Note: Only those documents or objects to which you have at
least Read access appear in your results.
To search for documents or objects through the portal banner,
type your search string in the box in the portal banner, and click Search.
To go directly to
the result that your portal administrator has set as
the top best bet for a term, without first seeing all the search results,
type the top best bet operator (>) followed by your search string
and click Search, or type your search string
and click .
Note: If no top best bet has been set for the term, the regular
search results appear.
Note: The top best bet button () is available only if enabled
by your portal developer.
To search for documents
or objects using a saved search, use the Portal Search portlet.
To search for
documents or objects using metadata properties and location, click Advanced Search.
To search other
content, portals, and web search engines, click Federated Search.
Note: The Federated Search button is available only if enabled
by your portal developer.
To search for objects in the Administrative Objects Directory,
click Administration, and specify your criteria
in the Object Search boxes.