The proximity connectors you can use while searching in IntelliConnect are W/n, F/n, P/n, W/sen, and W/par. These connectors indicate the relationship that two or more terms in the search expression must have in a document in order for the document to be included in your search results. To use proximity connectors, simply type your search expression using a proximity connector between the terms of your search expression.
Here is a description of the proximity connectors you can use in IntelliConnect (along with search examples):
W/n
Placing w/n between your search expression terms retrieves documents in which the first term appears within the specified number of words as the second term (where n equals the number of words between terms).
For example, if you type California w/25 corporation, your results will include documents that contain the words California and corporation only when they appear within 25 words of each other.
Note: The value of n cannot exceed 127 words.
W/sen
Placing w/sen between your search expression terms retrieves documents that contain the first term within 20 words of the second term.
For example, if you type office w/sen expenses as your search expression, your results will include documents in which office is within 20 words of expenses.
Note: You can combine the boolean connectors and & or between two terms while using the w/sen connector. For example, you could modify the previous example to search for home AND office w/sen expenses or modify it to search for office OR deduction w/sen expenses.
You can also include an exact phrase in the search expression. For example, you could modify the above example to search for "home office" w/sen expenses.
TIP! If you place parentheses around the Boolean connectors used in the above examples and use a proximity connector in your search expression, you will receive an error message when you perform your search. Try removing the parentheses from your search expression or try executing two different searches instead.
W/par
Placing w/par between your search expression terms retrieves documents that contain the first term within 80 words of the second term.
For example, if you type office w/par expenses as your search expression, your results will include documents in which office is within 80 words of expenses.
Note: You can combine the boolean connectors and & or between two terms while using the w/par connector. For example, you could modify the previous example to search for home AND office w/par expenses or modify it to search for office OR deduction w/par expenses.
You can also include an exact phrase in the search expression. For example, you could modify the above example to search for "home office" w/par expenses.
TIP! If you place parentheses around the Boolean connectors used in the above examples and use a proximity connector in your search expression, you will receive an error message when you perform your search. Try removing the parentheses from your search expression or try executing two different searches instead.
F/n
Placing f/n between terms retrieves documents in which the first term follows the second term by no more than a specified number of words (where n equals the number of words within which the first term must follow the second term).
For example, if you type credit f/2 foreign as your search expression, your results will include documents containing both the words credit and foreign in which the word credit follows the word foreign by no more than two words (n = 2 in the example).
P/n
Placing p/n between terms retrieves documents in which the first term precedes the second term by no more than a specified number of words (where n equals the number of words within which the first term must precede the second term).
For example, if you type foreign p/2 credit as your search expression, your results will include documents containing both the words credit and foreign in which the word foreign precedes the word credit by no more than two words (n = 2 in the example).