Searching for complete text strings (not tokens)

[ksudavid]

How do you enter a search string so that Vault ONLY returns results tha match that string?  The token methodology is returning to many bogus results.  For example I want to search for the string "90-FMCF".  I'm getting results for documents that include "90-" and "FMCF".  I need results for just the string.  In some searches the bogus results are too numerous to find the right file.

[ksudavid]

Does anyone from Autodesk monitor this group who can answer my question? Is it not possible to search for a complete text string?

[ryan]

http://underthehood-autodesk.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/fine-tuning-your-search-slop-factor-you-cant-m...

[ksudavid]

I read this article and if I understand it correctly setting the slop factor to zero would result in a more traditional search engine correct?

It's disappointing that regardless of this slop factor, a user can't search for a complete string using traditional methods such as using quotes.  This ability is built into most search tools I've used.

[mikel_martin]

I would like to look at this further.

What version of Vault are you using.

[ksudavid]

Version 2012 

Here's the latest update.  After experimenting with the Slop Factor we have significantly improved the results. 

We thougth a setting of "0" would mimic a traditional search engine but going that low seemed to affect wildcard behavior.  By settling on a setting of "2" we are able to at least get a manageable  set of results.

I'm not implying that everything is 100% fixed.  I would still like to see quotes used to designate a search string rather than dividing what's within the quotes into tokens.  I can see value in the token methodology but when you know exactly what you are searching for and ONLY want to see results that match your search, you have to compromise with the way it works today.

As an example, I was searching for 90-FMCF-10-003.  There are only a couple correct results for that string but I would get a few thousand with the detault settings.