Punctuation Effects Search Results

THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:

Knowledgebase version 8.1 and later

ISSUE DESCRIPTION:

Search strings that contain a "?" return no results. If the "?" is removed, the expected results are returned.

ROOT CAUSE:

"?" is a reserved character for Autonomy - it is used as a wildcard to match one character.

For example: "Mi?rotech" will return documents containing the term Mikrotech or Microtech.

SOLUTION OR WORK AROUND:

This is working as expected and a feature of the Autonomy search engine.

AFFECTED SYSTEMS & USERS:

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ESCALATION PROCEDURE:

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