Search expressions consist of words you are looking for and operators to help you run advanced searches. Menturio supports a range of operators in search expressions. Search expressions are not case sensitive.

Basic Search

Searching by entering a word will search for items containing that word.
E.g.:create. Entering this into the search box will search for items containing the word create.

Exact search

If you want to search for an exact expression you should add your text between quotation marks.
E.g.:"create program". In this case Menturio will display all items containing create program.

The "+" (AND) operator

You can search for items containing multiple words. Enter the words separating them with a "+" sign or with space.
E.g.: create program or create+program (create AND program) This means all items which contains both words: create and program.

The "#" (OR) operator

If you want to search for items which contain a word or another, you can use the "#" operator.
E.g.: create#program (create OR program) will search for items containing the word create or the word program or both.

The "-" (NOT) operator

You might want to see items which do not include a specific word, for this Menturio lets you use the "-" operator.
E.g.: -create (NOT create) will list all items not containing the word create.

Advanced search expressions

You can combine any of the above listed operators ("+", space, "#", "-") and the exact search phrases (using quotation marks) to create search expressions. The evaluation order is: -, #, +.
E.g.: create+-program#"test done" (create AND NOT program OR "test done") will search for items containing create but not program or containing the exact phrase test done.

You can enter spaces between words and operators to make the expression more evident. If between words there are only spaces it will be interpreted as a "+" operator otherwise the spaces are not taken into consideration.
E.g.: create program is interpreted as create+program
E.g.: create # program is interpreted as create#program

Using brackets

You can specify the evaluation order by placing brackets into your search expressions.
E.g.: create + (-program # test) (create AND (NOT program OR test)) will list items which contain the word create and contain the word test or not contain the word program.