Entry Name Search Syntax

Advanced search syntax can be used to look for all entries with a particular name, or whose parent or child entries have a particular name. All advanced search types can be customized with advanced search operators and wildcards.

Entry name searches are performed as non-indexed searches by default in Laserfiche client applications, but may also be performed as indexed searches by choosing the correct operator. The examples below show the operator for the default search, which for these search types is non-indexed search. You can perform these searches as indexed searches by replacing the non-indexed search operator (=) with the indexed search operator (~=). You can also use the <> operator to search for entries that do not have the specified name. See Indexed and Non-Indexed Searches and Operators for more information.

Entries with a specific name

• {LF:Name="EntryName", Type=Type}

Entries whose parent folder has a specific name

• {LF:ParentName="EntryName"

Folders containing entries with a specific name

• {LF:ChildName="EntryName", Type=Type}

EntryName is the name of the document or folder you want to search for; the value must be enclosed in quotation marks.

The Type parameter is optional and should be set to the type of entries that you want to be included in the search results. This parameter can be set to include any combination of folders (F), documents (D), shortcuts (S), etc. that you want to include. Note that the ParentName search does not support the Type parameter, as parents are always folders. The following table explains the acceptable values for the Type parameter:

Value	Description
D	Documents (including records)
B	Documents without templates
F	Folders (including record folders and record series)
O	Folders (not including either record folders or record series)
S	Shortcut
M	Records
R	Record folder
E	Record series