7.5 Comparing the GroupWise Find Methods
7.5.1 Comparing Search Results
Like other search engines, the GroupWise search engine creates an index of whole words that are contained in the items being searched. When you search with Global Find 
, GroupWise compares your search criteria and attempts to match them with the words in the search index. Because Global Find searches for whole words, Global Find does not locate punctuation or partial words unless you use a wildcard character.
On the other hand, Find recognizes consecutive characters, even if they are not whole words, as long as the characters exist in exactly the same order you enter them in the field.
For example, if you are looking for an e-mail with “Project status meeting Tuesday” as the subject, you can search for any or all of the words in the subject in either Find or Global Find.
The following are among the successful search criteria that will find that e-mail in each search tool:
|
Tool |
Example |
Finds |
|---|---|---|
|
Global Find (by subject) |
meeting tuesday |
All items with either “meeting” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject. |
|
Global Find (by subject) |
meeting? tuesday |
All items with either “meeting,” “meetings,” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject. |
|
Advanced Find (by subject) |
meeting tuesday |
All items with both “meeting” and “tuesday” somewhere in the subject. |
|
Find |
meeting tuesday |
All items with the characters “meeting tuesday” together in exactly that order in the subject. |
|
Find |
meeting *day |
All items with “meeting” followed immediately by a day of the week in the subject. |
7.5.2 Comparing Find Functionality
The following table compares Find, Global Find, and Advanced Find in more detail.
Table 7-1 Comparison of Find, Global Find, and Advanced Find
|
Functionality |
Find |
Global Find |
Advanced Find |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Searches throughout your whole mailbox |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches within a selected folder |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Searches on selected item types (message, appointment, task, and so on) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches on specific item statuses (received, sent, posted, draft) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches on additional item statuses |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Searches for items with attachments |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Searches for contacts |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Searches by category |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches in the , , , , and fields |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches by date range |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches in the text of items |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches in attachments |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches in documents in libraries |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches on whole words in a search index |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches on strings and partial words |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Searches on punctuation |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Searches on basic search criteria based on common fields |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Searches on complex search criteria based on any field |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Allows wildcard characters such as “*” and “?” |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Allows boolean operators such as AND and OR |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Saves search criteria for repeated use |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Lists saved search criteria in a convenient menu |
Yes |
No |
No |
7.5.3 Comparing GroupWise Versions
Users of earlier versions of the GroupWise client can see that Find provides new functionality, while Global Find provides the standard Find functionality that was available in earlier versions of the GroupWise client.