haystak Frequently Asked Questions, Tips, & Tricks

General Search

haystak keeps searching simple. A general search will look for the term(s) presented in the search box against all data - file data (like name, size, etc.), file metadata (like camera model for images, etc), and file contents. This provides for the capacity to search everything related to the individual file without restriction. To run a general search, just enter your search term in the window and press enter or click the magnifying glass to the right. That's it.

phone

Will search all content for the term phone

robert

Will search all content for the term robert

Filters

haystak has the unique capability to create filters based on any type of data - file data, file metadata, and file contents. This allows for an incredibly robust querying process for deep, granular identification.
Note: Filters are system intensive and will increase the response time.

Using a filter is easy. Just click the Filter button. Select what you'd like to filter on, make your choice or enter a value and the filter is applied. What you'll find is a more granular set of responses that meet your original query and your filter. You can also add additional filters - just click the (+) to the right and make another selection. Each filter will continue to refine your results.
(Remember, this could end up with zero results.)

Advanced Searching

haystak also allows you to leverage its deep search functions directly from the search bar. This allows for incredibly complex searches using robust identifiers.

Just like a general search allows you to look at all data related to a record, we can leverage Advanced Searching to create regular expressions (regex), process boolean searches (AND/OR), wildcard searches with LIKE, search specific metadata for specific values, even search specific metadata for LIKE terms.

expense

Will search all content for the term 'expense' (which will match expense, expenses, etc.)

expense report

Will search all content for the term 'expense' OR 'report' (which will match expense, expenses, report, reports, subreports, etc.)

expense AND report

Will search all content for the term 'expense' AND 'report' (which will match expense, expenses, report, reports, subreports, etc.) While this will require both, it does not ensure these values form a 'term'

"expense report"

Will search all content for the exact term 'expense report' - unlike the above, this will require the whole term

expense report "pdf"

Will search all content for the term 'expense' OR 'report' (which will match expense, expenses, report, reports, subreports, etc.) OR pdf

"expense report" AND "pdf"

Will search all content for the exact term 'expense report' AND pdf

oscar AND "video"

Will match the term oscar AND video

Parantheses (Nesting Searches)

Using parantheses, nesting searches are possible, for example:
expense AND (report OR document)
(john OR jonathan) AND doe
(Note, the use of nested searches will increase the response time.)

kermit AND (CONTENTTYPE:video OR FILEEXT:jpeg|jpg)

Will match the term kermit AND either the content type is video OR the file extension is jpeg or jpg.