Advanced Search example: Using the without operator

You can use the without operator if you need to exclude results from the search.

For example, consider the case where you want to retrieve all the topics and images that are not in the Authoring:done status. This search requires two lines in the Advanced Search:
  1. Retrieve all statuses.
  2. Exclude the Authoring:done status.
  1. In the Cycles panel of the Search view, select Authoring.
  2. In the Document Types panel, select Topics and Images.
  3. If necessary, expand the Advanced Search panel.
    The default Operator is and to indicate that the results of the Advanced Search panel will be aggregated with the results of the other panels (in this example, this is all the Topics and Images in Authoring), using the and operator.
    Advanced Search
  4. Set your cursor into the Type column.
    A drop-down indicator appears. drop-down indicator
  5. Click the indicator and select index from the drop-down list.
    Advanced select type
  6. Set your cursor into the Name column.
    A drop-down indicator appears. drop-down indicator
  7. Click the indicator and select Status from the drop-down list.
  8. Leave the Value column empty.
    This will retrieve all the available statuses from the Content Store.
  9. Click the Add a new line button. Add advanced search line button
  10. Select the without operator.
  11. Set your cursor into the Type column.
    A drop-down indicator appears. drop-down indicator
  12. Click the indicator and select index from the drop-down list.
  13. Set your cursor into the Name column.
    A drop-down indicator appears. drop-down indicator
  14. Click the indicator and select Status from the drop-down list.
  15. Set your cursor into the Value column.
    A drop-down indicator appears. drop-down indicator
  16. Click the indicator and select Authoring:done from the drop-down list.
    The Advanced Search panel should now look like the image below.
    Advanced search without
  17. Click Search.