Searching for reports or report content

Enhanced search (full-text)

Use the extended search to perform full-text searches of content published to IBM Cognos Analytics. The search examines the full content of the document, and not just the titles. For example, if you search on customer name, products, locations, or any other search criteria, the results are not just based on whether these things appear in the document name, but when and where they appear in the content.

Searches automatically include word variations. For example, if you type the word tent as the search term, the search results show entries that include tent and tenting. Words that contain tent, such as retention are not included in the results.

The results for searches that use multiple words include entries that include all search terms, and entries that contain only one of the search terms. You can use search operators such as + (plus), - (minus), or " " (quotation marks) to modify the default behavior when searching using multiple words.

IBM Cognos Analytics security settings apply to search results. Only content to which a user has access appears in the search results.

Name and description search

Use the name or description search to search for reports whose name, description, or both match the string entered in the search criteria.

The following table shows examples of search criteria and results.