Search Example

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Search Example

The following example provides more information on how searches work in Micronet ECOM.

An online store sells the following items:

Item	Description	Cat Description
10010	Blue pen	Ballpoints
100101	Pen	Ballpoints
100102	Orange Texta Pen	Texta Pens

If you enter this search string...	Micronet will return these items...
Blue	10010
Pen	10010, 100101, 100102
Texta Pen	100102
Pen Texta	100102
Texta or Pen	10010, 100101, 100102
Pen or Texta	10010, 100101, 100102
Ball	10010, 100101
Points	10010, 100101
10010	10010, 100101, 100102

Technical Tip

When you enter more than one search term, e.g. "Texta Pen" or "Pen Texta" in the examples above, the default operator is "and" – that is, Micronet will search all the defined search fields and return all items that contain the words "texta" AND "pen" in one of those fields.

If you enter the "or" operator, e.g. "Texta or Pen" as shown above, Micronet will search all the defined search fields and return any items that contain the word "texta" OR the word "pen" in any of the search fields.

In other words, you can only search across more than one field if you use the "or" operator, but be aware that this can return a large number of search results.