Searching for a Terminology Database entry

You can search for TD entries either from Tools > Terminology Databases or by selecting Tools > Terminology Database Search in the Browser Workbench. The only difference between these two paths is that in the former, the default is to search all terms, whereas in the Browser Workbench the default is to search only Active and Inactive terms.

1. Select a search mode.
   • Standard. This exhaustive search finds all matches in the terminology database that exactly contain the search text (ignoring whitespaces). It supports searches for words, partial words (using wildcards), numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters. Note that searches using this mode may not return every occurrence in the terminology database of the specified search term, because the Maximum Number of Hits value limits the number of entries returned.
   • Segment Leverage. This search mode (which is similar to what in releases previous to WorldServer 9.0 was called Fuzzy Search mode) shingles the search text to look for matching terms. If the search text is fox in socks on Knox on box, potential terms that can match include fox in socks, socks on Knox and socks on Knox on box. This search mode only supports searches for whole words. It takes advantage of stemming, if set up, and returns results equivalent to doing a terminology database lookup from a segment in the Browser Workbench. Segment Leverage searches are only guaranteed to find matches if enough context is supplied (typically 3 words). For example, searching for a single word only finds matches in short segments but does not exhaustively find matches, because not enough word context was provided.

     Wildcard search ("*") only works in Standard search. It does not work in Segment Leverage search.

   • Freeform SQL. This mode, which is available from the Advanced button, enables you to author complex SQL-based queries against the terminology database. It supports the use of wildcard searches and complex groupings. In short, it supports all filtering clauses supported by the underlying database.
2. In the Search For: field, type the word or phrase to find. You can use asterisks (*) in the text for a wildcard search. Entering only an asterisk into the Search For: field returns all terminology database entries. The search is case-sensitive.
3. From the Search In: menu, select the language in which you expect to find the word or phrase.
4. You can optionally use a terminology database attribute filter by clicking the Advanced button. See "Advanced TM and TD Search" for more information.
   Note: Advanced Search is not available for MultiTerm termbases.
5. Click the Search button ().
   Searching a term in a terminology database group will find matches in all Lookup TDs of that group, and the search results will display a terminology database column to distinguish in which database a particular entry was found.