7.5 Comparing the GroupWise Find Methods

7.5.1 Comparing Search Results

Like other search engines, the GroupWise search engine creates an index of whole words that are contained in the items being searched. When you search with Global Find, GroupWise compares your search criteria and attempts to match them with the words in the search index. Because Global Find searches for whole words, Global Find does not locate punctuation or partial words, unless you use a wildcard character.

On the other hand, Find recognizes consecutive characters, even if they are not whole words, as long as the characters exist in exactly the same order you enter them in the Find field.

For example, if you are looking for an e-mail with “Project status meeting next Tuesday” as the subject, you can search for any or all of the words in the subject in either Find or Global Find.

The following are among the successful search criteria that will find that e-mail in each search tool:

Tool

Example

Finds

Global Find (by subject)

meeting tuesday

All items with either “meeting” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Global Find (by subject)

meeting? tuesday

All items with either “meeting,” “meetings,” or “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Advanced Find (by subject)

meeting tuesday

All items with both “meeting” and “tuesday” somewhere in the subject.

Find

meeting tuesday

All items with the characters “meeting tuesday” together in exactly that order in the subject.

Find

meeting *day

All items with “meeting” followed immediately by a day of the week in the subject.

7.5.2 Comparing Find Functionality

The following table compares Find, Global Find, and Advanced Find in more detail.

Functionality

Find

Global Find

Advanced Find

Searches throughout your whole mailbox

No

Yes

Yes

Searches within a selected folder

Yes

No

No

Searches on selected item types (message, appointment, task, and so on)

No

Yes

Yes

Searches on specific item statuses (received, sent, posted, draft)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Searches on additional item statuses

No

No

Yes

Searches for items with attachments

Yes

No

No

Searches for contacts

Yes

No

No

Searches by category

Yes

Yes

Yes

Searches in the From, To, CC, BC, and Subject fields

Yes

Yes

Yes

Searches by date range

Yes

Yes

Yes

Searches in the text of items

No

Yes

Yes

Searches in attachments

No

Yes

Yes

Searches in documents in libraries

No

Yes

Yes

Searches on whole words in a search index

No

Yes

Yes

Searches on strings and partial words

Yes

No

No

Searches on punctuation

Yes

No

No

Searches on basic search criteria based on common fields

Yes

Yes

Yes

Searches on complex search criteria based on any field

No

No

Yes

Allows wildcard characters such as “*” and “?”

Yes

Yes

Yes

Allows Boolean operators such as AND and OR

No

No

Yes

Saves search criteria for repeated use

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lists saved search criteria in a convenient menu

Yes

No

No

7.5.3 Comparing GroupWise Versions

Users of earlier versions of the GroupWise client can see that Find provides new functionality, while Global Find provides the standard Find functionality that was available in earlier versions of the GroupWise client.

The GroupWise 8 WebAccess client does not yet offer the distinction between Find and Global Find. The WebAccess client Find is the standard Find available in earlier versions of GroupWise. The WebAccess client does not provide Advanced Find.