Searching knowledge bases

To start a search, click Researcher on the main menu at the top of the page.

Use the Researcher page to find relevant information in the knowledge bases that are available to Goldfire, which can include the following:

  • Accuris Content
  • Articles
  • Patents
  • Corporate
  • My Data

Query area

The query area of the Researcher page includes the following fields, options, and commands:

  • Select Where to Search - enables you to select what knowledge bases to search. You can select one or more knowledge base categories. You can select the My Data knowledge base, which is your own customized view of items you curated from prior searches, and items that other Goldfire users shared with you.

  • My Subscriptions- enables you to refine your search to Accuris sources that are a part of your subscription. If you are logged into Goldfire and you are also logged into an Engineering Workbench account, you can select this check box when conducting a query to display search results with Accuris sources that are part of your subscriptions.
    When the My Subscriptions check box is selected, Accuris sources related to your query that are not part of your subscriptions are not displayed.

  • Language (if the Language Pack is installed), where you select a language for your query.

The Russian semantic engine is partially supported by Goldfire and is limited in scope. A limited set of corporate categories for Russian is available to users. Russian is not a language that can be translated into and from other Goldfire supported languages.

You should always use the Advanced Search feature to search by metadata such as title, author, publication date, or publication number. Results will be more reliable than they would be if you included such metadata information as keywords in the main query box.

  • begins the search after you type your query and select the sources that you want to search. While you are typing your query, Goldfire provides a list of suggestions and possible corrections as you type.
  • Translation command. If multi-language searching is enabled, lets you translate your search results to one or more supported languages.
  • Set query alert - save the current query and automatically run the query periodically.
  • Manage Queries & Alerts - modify your query alerts.
  • SYNONYMS & ONTOLOGY - see and select query synonyms, more general query terms, and more specific query terms for your query.

In the query area, you can do the following:

When setting a query alert, it is scheduled to run automatically at specified intervals and to notify you about any new results under My Queries & Alerts on the Dashboard and by e-mail.

Using the Dashboard and Researcher windows, search the underlying documents referenced in the My Data knowledge base. This search is more extensive than just searching the snippets and annotations saved in the My Data collection, as it searches the entirety of documents referenced in My Data.

  1. Above the query text box, click the My Data check box. When the My Data check box is selected the other knowledge bases (Accuris Content, Articles, etc.) are disabled.
  2. To select specific collections and groups in the My Data collection within which to search, click the My Data label () to the right of the My Data check box to display the Select Where to Search window where you toggle various groups and collections as displayed below.

  1. In the query box, type the desired query, and then click (Submit your query).

Cognitive Search

Goldfire provides users with a set of cognitive search features that enhance and better support your search experience. Content must be indexed (or reindexed if already indexed) for the following cognitive search features to take effect:

  • Boolean-Free Searching: Enables users to search all metadata associated with documents without Boolean operands. This means that users do not need to type <and> and <in> operands in their searches. Examples of fields to which you might apply Boolean-free searching are: file name, file extension, and other high-importance fields. Users simply type keywords and Goldfire returns relevant matches.

    The exception to Boolean-free searching is queries related to dates, which requires the use of Boolean operands.
  • Wildcard Searching: Enables users to replace characters in the words of their query with an asterisk (*). You can use the wildcard mode of searching to search for metadata associated with the documents. Examples of fields to which you might apply wildcard searching are: file name, folder, document type, etc.

    Wildcard searching does not apply to searching for content within the document body. However, a number of  filter categories exist to address this, and enable you to search for metadata from within document body that is extracted by natural language processing technology.
  • Improved PDF Searching: Goldfire detects and  categorizes the content of a PDF document into logical fields (Table, Figure, etc.), which enables users perform more effective queries by using these fields as advanced filters in the query.

Exact Search

Goldfire enables you to target your query to an exact term or phrase when you contain the contents of your search within quotation marks. This search capability allows you to conduct queries with precision. Documents with content in the document title and/or in the document body that exactly matches your query are returned in the results list. Furthermore, this search capability is enabled for all the languages that are supported by Goldfire.  If you want take full advantage of the exact search functionality as you search for relevant documents in your existing corporate and personal knowledge bases, then it is necessary to rebuild them.  

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