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Perform Searches in the Alfresco Application

Modified on: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 1:48 PM

Introduction

Alfresco is a University of Alberta enterprise content management system. It has a powerful search feature that we can leverage to make finding documents much easier.  

This article provides links to documentation on Alfresco search functionality, including How to Search and a Searching Cheat Sheet.

It is intended that the linked documents will help users in Alfresco to perform effective searches.



Applicability

This article is intended for all Alfresco users at the University of Alberta.



Details


By using a specific 7 digit ID number approach to searching, you will find that search results are returned quicker, and it will help decrease the strain on the server resources that can occur when other methods of searching and interacting with the results are used.

The "Alfresco Training - How to Search Instructions" (for conducting searches with this method) can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vvce_9s6WAv-xMMwN6fzFyqZqZ8LdjMBDbJo2gZOTI/edit?usp=sharing



The "Alfresco Search Cheat Sheet" (with explanations and examples of some of the common search features that may be used daily while working with Alfresco) can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1whLVX9DldD7MlSjC9SGMF0rZKwJn6eHSWWQprZzEIRY/edit?usp=sharing



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