Search tips and techniques

Search parameter

Results

Using NEAR

Words that are up to 25 words of each other.

Example: Searching "concrete NEAR steel" returns documents with the two words up to 25 words of each other.

Note: For maximum performance, the NEAR operator can only be used 50 times within a single search.

Omitting commas

You can generally omit the comma in project and company names:"Johnson Johnson and Sons"

Multiple word document search

When searching for multiple words in a document search, the documents returned contain all the words on the same page but not individually on separate pages.

Example: Searching "reinforce steel concrete" returns documents with the three words on the same page. Pages where the words appear either individually or in a pair are not returned.

Auto-correct for common search errors

The auto-correct feature generally corrects the most common search errors:

• Multiple words are treated as a phrase: Concrete wall becomes"concrete wall"

• ASCII (curved) quotation marks are changed to straight quotes: "

• Operators are now capitalized: wall and panel becomes wall AND panel (except when the phrase is within quotation marks "")

Search parameter

Results

A single word or phrase.

The exact word panel, and also paneling, panels, and paneled.

Any of the words in a series:

landscape OR tile

Either or both of the words landscape and tile, which can include tiles,tiling, tiled, landscaping, landscapes, landscaped

Quotation marks " " around multiple-word phrases:

"reinforced concrete"

The exact phrase reinforced concrete and all other stems, such as reinforcing concrete.

Quotation marks to include words such as "and" in company names:

"Johnson and Sons"

The exact phrase Johnson and Sons.

A question mark wildcard:

panel?

Only the keyword with one additional letter (but not the keyword alone):panels but not panel

An asterisk wildcard with a single word:

arch*

Returns arch and any number of additional letters: architect, archts, archi, arches  

An asterisk wildcard with a phrase:

community cente*

Used with any filtering type, returns community and an additional matching word: community center, community centers, community centering.

The question mark wildcard combined with quotation marks:

reinforce? "concrete"

The word “reinforce” plus up to one additional letter, followed by the word "concrete": reinforce concrete, reinforced concrete, reinforces concrete

Search parameter

Results

Use AND to search two or more words:

concrete AND tile

Returns both concrete and tile.

Use AND along with quotation marks to search phrases and words:

"reinforced concrete" AND tile

Returns both the phrase reinforced concrete and the word tile.

Search parameter

Results

Use NOT to exclude a term from the search results:

concrete NOT tile

Returns concrete but not tile.

Use NOT along with quotation marks to search for phrases and exclude a term from the search results:

"reinforced concrete" NOT tile

Returns reinforced concrete but not tile.

Search parameter

Results

Use NEAR to find words within the default range of 25 words of each other:

concrete NEAR tile

Returns concrete within 25 words before or after the word tile.

Specify the distance of words from one another when using NEAR:

 concrete NEAR51 tile

Returns concrete within 51 words before or after the word tile.

Use NEAR multiple times to find more than one word within other words.

 (reinforced NEAR concrete) OR (architectural NEAR concrete)

Returns reinforced or architectural within 25 words before or after the wordconcrete.

Search parameter

Results

Use parentheses ( ) along with wildcards to expand or restrict search parameters:

(concrete OR clay OR masonry) AND (bridge OR viaduct)

Returns at least one of the words in the first set of parentheses, and alsoat least one of the words in the second set of parentheses.

Use parentheses along with wild cards and quotation marks to expand or restrict search parameters:

(“Acme Carpet and Tile” OR “Jones Flooring”) AND (glue* OR wood*) NOT linoleum

Returns at least one of the company names in the first set of parentheses and at least one version of “glue” or “wood”, but never “linoleum.”

Field

Formatting and results

City

Syntax: Project.City:<values>

Example: Project.City:Atlanta

Result: Returns projects with Atlanta in the City field.

Note: Operators must be enclosed within parentheses using this syntax: 

Project.City:(Atlanta OR Chicago)

Street Address

Syntax: Project.Address:<values>

Example: Project.Address:123 Main

Result: Returns projects with 123 Main in the Address field.

Note: You can use operators to locate multiple words in a field. You must enter the terms separately each time:

Project.Address:123 Main OR Project.Address:125 Main

Work Type

Syntax: Project.WorkType:<values>

Example: Project.WorkType:"Addition"

Result: Returns projects that are listed as additions. Other examples of work types are:

• Project.WorkType:"Alteration"

• Project.WorkType:"New"

• Project.WorkType:"Addition/Alteration"

Note: You can use operators to locate multiple words in a field. You must enter the terms separately each time:

Project.WorkType:"Alteration" OR Project.WorkType:"Addition"

Owner Type

Syntax: Project.OwnerType:<values>

Example: Project.OwnerType:"Private"

Result: Returns projects with the ownership type of Private. Other examples of work types are:

• Project.OwnerType:"City"

• Project.OwnerType:"State"

Note: You can use operators to locate multiple words in a field. You must enter the terms separately each time:

Project.OwnerType:"City" OR Project.OwnerType:"State"

Number of Floors

Syntax: Project.Floors:<values>

Example 1:

Project.Floors:(2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5)

Result: Returns projects that have 2 - 5 floors 

Example 2:

 For all floors above floor 3:

Project.Floors:(4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 OR 19 OR 20 OR 21 OR 22 OR 23 OR 24 OR 25 OR 26 OR 27 OR 28 OR 29 OR 30 OR 31 OR 32 OR 33 OR 34 OR 35 OR 36 OR 37 OR 38 OR 39 OR 40 OR 41 OR 42 OR 43 OR 44 OR 45 OR 46 OR 47 OR 48 OR 49 OR 50 OR 51 OR 52 OR 53 OR 54 OR 55 OR 56 OR 57 OR 58 OR 59 OR 60 OR 61 OR 62 OR 63 OR 64 OR 65 OR 66 OR 67 OR 68 OR 69 OR 70 OR 71 OR 72 OR 73 OR 74 OR 75 OR 76 OR 77 OR 78 OR 79 OR 80 OR 81 OR 82 OR 83 OR 84 OR 85 OR 86 OR 87 OR 88 OR 89 OR 90 OR 91 OR 92 OR 93 OR 94 OR 95 OR 96 OR 97 OR 98 OR 99 OR 100 OR 101 OR 102 OR 103 OR 104 OR 105 OR 106 OR 107 OR 108 OR 109 OR 110 OR 111 OR 112 OR 113 OR 114 OR 115 OR 116 OR 117 OR 118 OR 119 OR 120 OR 121 OR 122 OR 123 OR 124 OR 125 OR 126 OR 127 OR 128 OR 129 OR 130 OR 131 OR 132 OR 133 OR 134 OR 135 OR 136 OR 137 OR 138 OR 139 OR 140 OR 141 OR 142 OR 143 OR 144 OR 145 OR 146 OR 147 OR 148 OR 149 OR 150 OR 151 OR 152 OR 153 OR 154 OR 155 OR 156 OR 157 OR 158 OR 159 OR 160 OR 161 OR 162 OR 163 OR 164)

Result: Returns projects for all floors above 3.

Sign

Name

Example

&

ampersand

"H&H"

+

plus sign

"476+00"

.

period

"bid.online@example.com"

/

forward slash

"State of WA/Robertson"

\

back slash

"M:\PDC\lwn"

-

dash

"Vietnam-era"

@

at

"name@gmail.com"

#

hash or pound

"#8"

Project Name

Yes

Address (Address Line 1, City, State, Zip Code)

County

Project ID

Value

Matching Docs

No

Bid Date

Bid Time

Update Date

Single Trade Project

Yes

List Date

No

Stage

Yes

Stage Comments 1

Stage Comments 2

Work Type

Owner Type

Contract Type

Invitation Number

Structures

No

Floors

Yes

Parent Project ID

LEED Certification Intent

Notes

Subbids

Contract Conditions

Details

Scope

Company Role

Company Name

Contact Name

Address

No

Phone

Fax

Email address

Company Name

Yes

Added Date

No

Address

Phone

Fax

Bidding Role

Bid Rank

Bid Value

Material

Yes

Sub Material

Parent Classification

No

Classification

Conditions

Bonding

Bid Date/Time

Bids To

Bid Type

Category

Yes

Sub Category

The following is a full list of the stop words that apply to searches in Intelligent Leads:

a
an
and
are
as
at
be
but
by
for
if
in
into
is
it
no
not

of
on
or
such
that
the
their
then
there
these
they
this
to
was
will
with