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You can use these search options
to find relevant information within the Workday Documentation:
- Search in your preferred language, where available.
- Search for exact terms.
- Search for exact phrases.
- Search with wildcards.
- Search with comparison and boolean operators.
- Refine your search results using facets.
Search for Exact Terms
Search Query | Example |
|---|---|
Use the + sign before the desired term to search for exact matches. | When you search for +performance , the results only include topics containing that exact word. The results exclude topics with variants such as performed or performing . |
You can combine exact terms with normal terms in the same query. | When you search for employee +performance engineering , the results include topics with variants of employee and engineering but only exact matches for performance . The results exclude topics with performance variants such as performed andperforming . |
- Matches aren't case-sensitive
- Matches are sensitive to accented characters. You may want to combine exact terms with normal terms when searching languages that use accents, such as French or Spanish.
- The pound sign (#) has the same effect as the plus sign (+).
Search for Exact Phrases
Search Query | Example |
|---|---|
Use quotation marks to search for exact phrases. | " Change Job business process ." |
Combine search terms in quotes with other terms outside the quotes. | When you search for setup “time tracking” , the results include topics that contain the word setup and the phrase time tracking . The results don’t include topics that contain time and tracking separately. |
Use any 1 of the contiguity operators between keywords for which you want to find contiguous occurrences only. All of these characters have the same effect:
| The search for tax_form Canada_Revenue_Agency is the same as "tax form" "Canada Revenue Agency" . |
Search with Wildcards
Use wildcard characters (
*
and ?
) to expand your search variability. Wildcards are useful if you are unsure about exact spelling or unfamiliar with a functionality.
Search Query | Example |
|---|---|
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the desired term to search for words that begin with that term. | When you search for micro* , the results include terms such as Microsoft , microphone , or microprocessor . |
Use the question mark (?) at the end of a term or within a term to search for words that include any characters in place of the question mark. | When you search for gr?y , the results include terms such as grey or gray . |
- You can't use an asterisk (*) in the middle of a term. Instead, use the question mark (?).
- You need to include at least 2 characters before a wildcard. This means that you can't begin a search query with a wildcard.
- Search results only include the first 32 wildcard terms found alphabetically by default. Increasing the maximum number of results can cause performance issues.
Search with Comparison and Boolean Operators
You can use operators in search queries to refine your results:
Operator | Type | Example Search Query | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
= | Comparison | @title=tax | Topics that contain tax in their titles. |
== | Comparison | @title=="Enterprise Search" | Topics with Enterprise Search as the exact title only. |
<> | Comparison | @title <> "Enterprise Search" | Topics that have the title field defined and don't contain Enterprise Search in their title. |
AND | Boolean | expense AND report | Topics that contain both expense and report . |
OR | Boolean | expense OR report | Topics that contain either expense or report . |
NOT | Boolean | expense NOT report | Topics that contain expense and don't contain report . |
NEAR:[number] | Boolean | expense NEAR:5 report | Topics in which expense and report are no more than five words apart. |
Boolean operators are case sensitive. When you write them in lower case, Workday treats them as normal search terms.
Filter Search Results
You can use these facets to filter your search results:
- Publication: Use to find content in a specific publication.
- Product: Use to find content associated with a specific Workday offering.
- Using Workday: Use to further filter by functionality within a product.
Workday updates your results every time you use the facets. You can:
- Use facets to search without entering a term in the search box.
- Click the magnifying glass in the search bar without entering a search term, and select the relevant facets.