Search doesn't return any topic but google search does

[francis_exalate (Francis Martens (Exalate))]

Hi,

When I use the search on https://community.exalate.com looking for ‘logger.info’ nothing is returned, but if I search with the google option (resulting in logger.info site:https://community.exalate.com/) then we get a lot of results.

What can be the root cause?

Thanks

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

Because there isn’t used term logger.info? But log.info could be founded.

[francis_exalate (Francis Martens (Exalate))]

Ah ok, good catch

What can be expected from the discourse search?
Is it documented?

[Jagster (Jakke Lehtonen)]

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Exploring Discourse's Advanced Search Capabilities AI

Jagster:

How is search of discourse working?

DiscourseHelper:

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Discourse’s search functionality is quite powerful and offers multiple filters, options, and advanced techniques to help you refine search results on any discussion forum. Here’s an overview of how it works:

Search Filters

1. Content Filters:

   • in:personal-direct: Filters posts in personal messages between two users.
   • in:all: Filters posts from both public topics and personal messages.
   • in:tagged / in:untagged: Filters posts from topics with or without tags.

2. Date Filters:

   • before:YYYY-MM-DD / after:YYYY-MM-DD: Filters posts created before or after a specific date.

3. Post and View Count Filters:

   • min_posts:X: Filters topics with at least ‘X’ number of posts.
   • min_views:X: Filters topics with at least ‘X’ number of views.

4. User-Specific Filters:

   • @username / user:username: Filters posts made by a specific user.
   • personal_messages:username: Admin-only filter to view all personal messages of a user.

5. Category and Tag Filters:

   • category:category1,category2: Returns posts from specified categories.
   • tags:tag1,tag2: Returns posts from topics tagged with specific tags.

6. Status Filters:

   • status:open / status:closed: Filters posts from topics that are open or closed.

Search Syntax

• Exact Words: Use double quotes with spaces, e.g., " word ", to search for exact terms.
• Combining Filters: You can combine multiple filters in one search query, like status:open category:support after:2023-01-01.

Sorting Options

• Results can be sorted by various criteria such as:
  • order:latest: Newest to oldest.
  • order:likes: Sorted by the number of likes.

Plugin-Specific Filters

• Discourse allows plugins to add additional filters, for example:
  • Solved Plugin: status:solved filters solved topics.
  • Topic Voting Plugin: order:votes sort results by the number of votes.

For a detailed guide on using Discourse search effectively, you can access the Searching for content effectively tutorial.

This thorough approach allows users to search and filter content with precision, assisting in finding relevant discussions or information efficiently.

Jagster:

How does the search use search terms?

DiscourseHelper:

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In Discourse, the handling of search terms is quite sophisticated, leveraging various techniques to enhance search capabilities. Here’s an overview of how search terms are used and processed:

Search Term Processing

1. Stemming:

   • Discourse employs a technique known as Stemming, which involves reducing words to their root form. This is useful for finding related words within the search (e.g., searching for “run” will also return “running” or “runs”).

2. Exact Word Search:

   • If you need to search for an exact term without stemming, you can enclose the word in spaces and double quotes. For example, using " term " ensures the search only returns results for the term without related variations.

3. Search Syntax and Filters:

   • You can use various syntaxes to refine your search, including filters for specific user messages, tags, categories, dates, and more.
   • Example of combining filters:
     • @username in:watching after:2023-01-01 will search for posts by a user in watched topics created after January 1st, 2023.

4. Custom Search Filters:

   • Discourse allows for complex search queries by combining different criteria, such as user-generated content (@username), topic status (status:open), or content types (in:wiki, with:images).

5. Search Order:

   • Results can be sorted by attributes like the latest post, number of views, or likes, using order syntax such as order:latest to sort them from newest to oldest.

6. Search Alternatives:

   • An experimental filter feature allows users to refine topics lists directly, catering for various filter types as described in the documentation.

For a more detailed guide, check out the tips on Searching for content effectively on Discourse Meta. This resource explains these concepts and provides examples of how to apply advanced search techniques.

[francis_exalate (Francis Martens (Exalate))]

Still …

When searching ‘About’ nothing is returned by the discourse search while Google search on the site is plenty…

I checked also here (on meta.discourse), which shows similar behavior…

[Moin]

“about” is a stop word

Are specific terms ignored from searches?

I’m having a few difficulties with the search functionality today. We have an automated process we creates topics based on a lecture from a course, an example may be; About ‘Implementing Health & Damage’ I found myself wanting to reduces the maximum number of characters for a topic length and decide I’d do a quick search to see how many of our automated topics are quite long, to get a feel for the suitable max length. If I search using the above, I’ll get result, but I need the search to b…

[francis_exalate (Francis Martens (Exalate))]

Alright, thanks a lot