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Groups

You can group parts of the query in parentheses to create subqueries. Subqueries are evaluated before the rest of the query. Consider the following example:

(DB2 or Oracle) AND Windows

In this query, all pages are returned that contain either "DB2" or "Oracle" only if the document also contain Windows.

Consider another example:

(DB2 AND Oracle) OR (XP and Vista)

In this query, a page returns if either of the following conditions are met:

You can also group fields when creating your search query. Consider the following example:

Description:(+Cisco -Microsoft)

This query returns all pages in which the Description field value contains "Cisco" but does not contain "Microsoft."