SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION

Searching for databases in your domain whose titles contain specified text
When you use either Domain Search for databases, or a database catalog search from the Welcome Page or Search menu, Notes returns a list of Notes databases in your domain. Notes searches for matching text in a list of database titles in the catalog database (CATALOG.NSF) stored on your Domain Search server (or, if there is no Domain Search server or none specified in your current location, the CATALOG.NSF on your home server). This type of search does not allow you to search for databases by file name.

Your Domino administrator sets up Domain Search. The catalog database determines which database titles are available for searching, so if your organization does not use Domain Search, you can still search for databases whose titles contain specified text.

Notes displays search results in a document containing a list of databases (if any match your query). To open a database from the list, click the database's link icon.

Tip If you use Domain Search, you can forward this document to yourself if you want to save it, or to someone else.

To use Domain Search to find a database

1. Click the triangle to the right of the Search icon and choose "Domain Search" from the Search menu.


2. Click "databases."

3. Enter text in the "Title Contains" field.

4. Click Search.

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To search for a database from the Welcome Page

1. Open the Welcome Page.

2. Click Search.

3. Select "Notes database catalog" from the drop-down menu that appears.


4. Enter the title of the database you want to find, or a part of the title, in the "for" field. (Do not use the database's file name.)

5. Click the Search button.

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To search for a database from the bookmarks

1. Open the Databases bookmark folder from the Bookmark bar.

2. At the top of the bookmarks list, click "Find a Database."

3. Enter the title of the database you want to find, or a part of the title, in the "Title Contains" field. (Do not use the database's file name.)

4. Click the Search button.

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To search for a database from the Search menu

1. Click the triangle next to the Search icon and choose "Find Database" from the Search menu.


2. Enter the title of the database you want to find, or a part of the title, in the "Title Contains" field. (Do not use the database's file name.)

3. Click Search.

Note If you get an error trying to find a database, notify your Domino administrator.

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To specify the catalog Notes uses for a database search

Ask your administrator whether your organization has a server intended for database catalog or Domain Searches. You should use this server if available. If not, Notes defaults to using your home server.

Note If your administrator applies a desktop policy, and you specify a Domain Search server other than the one specified in the policy, you may find this field overwritten if your administrator sends changes to your desktop. If this happens, ask your administrator for advice.

1. Choose File - Mobile - Edit Current Location to open your Location document.

2. Click the Servers tab.

3. Enter the server name in the "Catalog/domain search server" field.

4. Click "Save & Close."

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To browse the catalog to find a database

You can open the database catalog on the Domain Search server, and in the default view, you can search for databases whose titles start with the text you specify.

1. Click the triangle to the right of the Search icon and choose "Domain Search" from the Search menu.

2. Click the "Browse Catalog" button at the top of the Domain Search form.


3. Click the Databases folder in the navigation pane and select a view (by Category, by Hierarchy, and so on) to see databases listed.
4. Click the view, then type text to locate titles that start with the text. For more information, see Finding documents whose titles start with specified text.

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