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Search Text Syntax

CA Data Protection uses the term ‘search text’ to mean the key words and phrases that you want a trigger to detect. Triggers can detect 'search text' in emails, files, Web events and IM conversations.

Trigger settings such as 'Included Search Text' let you define the search text for a specific trigger. Search text can be an exact phrase or it can include wildcards, alternatives, and many special variables for matching specific types of information (such as URLs, email addresses, or social security numbers).

The following sections describe the supported search text variables and the required syntax.

For general usage instructions, see Detecting Key Text.

This section contains the following topics:

Special Characters

Wildcards

Subexpressions and Logical Operators

Word and Symbol Variables

Number and Money Variables

Email Address and URL Variables

Repeat Expressions

Punctuation Variables

Spacing Variables

Comments

Per Character Matching

User-defined Variables

Matching Forwards and Backwards