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Advanced document searching

Find documents using search codes.

Using a combination of boolean operators, search codes, and filters you can find the documents you need.

Below are some examples of using search codes to find specific documents.

Search for confidential documents

confidential:1 finds all documents marked confidential. The 1 operator indicates a checkbox field is checked for the document.

Tip!

See the full list of document search codes you can use.

Search documents by file type

The “filetype” search code lets you find documents of certain file formats.

  • filetype:PDF finds all PDFs in your document register
  • filetype:DWG finds all drawing files (DWGs) in your document register
  • filetype:DOC finds all Word documents (DOCs) in your document register.

Search for documents by their revisions

You can search for particular revisions of a document using a range. The type of brackets you use (straight or curly) determines which values are included in the search.

  • revision:[c TO e] finds all documents with current revisions C, D and E. Using square brackets includes the two values you've set.
  • revision:{c TO e} finds all documents with the current revision D. Using curly brackets excludes the two values you've set.

Tip!

To see the complete document history of the documents in the list, click the Show Document History checkbox.

Combining search codes, Boolean operators, and the search pane

For fast precision searching, use Boolean operators to combine Aconex search codes.

For example:

  • hasmarkups:1 AND confidential:1 searches for confidential files with markups.
  • revision:[c TO e] AND filetype:DWG searches for DWG files with revisions from c to e.
  • doctype:(drawing OR model) searches for documents with the type drawing or model.

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