This is a spin off from another thread. I, and I'm sure many others, would like to know what techniques you successful searchers of the message board and Wiki us to find info. Do you get suplurflous data? If not, how do you avoid that?
Search for 'calculated total' and you will get 41 pages. One thread found is entitled: "Setting up Sets or 1 to Many form" which has the words calculated and total highlighted. The thread should be found because that's what I asked it to find. However, it has nothing to do with my need. What I needed was info on how to create a calculated field on a form which would show totals with 'if' statements as part of it? Next I searched for "Calculated" and "Total" which found 120 threads. This search as well found all threads where "calculated" and "total" are used. But, that's not good search criteria as most are totally unrelated. Search for "Calculated Total" and you will find 4 threads, again un related.
Now it's time to try different search criteria. The question is, what criteria and how should it be fashioned? Using severl key words such as calculated, total, if and statement reveals 4 threads, not close to what I need. The trick is to find a theres in whcih all 4 words are used, not just one or two of them. So, search for "calculated" and "total" and "if" and Statement" and you will get 119 threads which is too daunting a task to search each thread, even by just reading the titles, most of which are not at all related to my need.
In summary, where does a person find good search techniques? Are your search results better than mine? If so, what techniques do you use?
p.s. I searched for: "How to search the forum" and got no results becaus of the 2 and 3 letter words. Remove them and you get 0 results. Use "How" and "to" and "search" and "the" and "forum" and you will get 117 unrelated results. Again, the key is to find a thread where the words 'How to search the forum" are used together in a single thread.
Search for 'calculated total' and you will get 41 pages. One thread found is entitled: "Setting up Sets or 1 to Many form" which has the words calculated and total highlighted. The thread should be found because that's what I asked it to find. However, it has nothing to do with my need. What I needed was info on how to create a calculated field on a form which would show totals with 'if' statements as part of it? Next I searched for "Calculated" and "Total" which found 120 threads. This search as well found all threads where "calculated" and "total" are used. But, that's not good search criteria as most are totally unrelated. Search for "Calculated Total" and you will find 4 threads, again un related.
Now it's time to try different search criteria. The question is, what criteria and how should it be fashioned? Using severl key words such as calculated, total, if and statement reveals 4 threads, not close to what I need. The trick is to find a theres in whcih all 4 words are used, not just one or two of them. So, search for "calculated" and "total" and "if" and Statement" and you will get 119 threads which is too daunting a task to search each thread, even by just reading the titles, most of which are not at all related to my need.
In summary, where does a person find good search techniques? Are your search results better than mine? If so, what techniques do you use?
p.s. I searched for: "How to search the forum" and got no results becaus of the 2 and 3 letter words. Remove them and you get 0 results. Use "How" and "to" and "search" and "the" and "forum" and you will get 117 unrelated results. Again, the key is to find a thread where the words 'How to search the forum" are used together in a single thread.
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