Special search expressions

When you write a search term in the search field, you can get help to write a more advanced search expression by pressing Shift+F1. This will reveal a list of guides as shown in figure 3.32.

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Figure 3.32: Guides to help create advanced search expressions.

You can select any of the guides (using mouse or keyboard arrows), and start typing. If you e.g. wish to search for sequences named BRCA1, select "Name search (name:)", and type "BRCA1". Your search expression will now look like this: "name:BRCA1".

The guides available are these:

Note! If you have added attributes (see Customized attributes on data locations), these will also appear on the list when pressing Shift+F1.

If you do not use this special syntax, you will automatically search for both name, description, organism, etc., and search terms will be combined as if you had put OR between them.

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Figure 3.33: An example of searching for elements with the name, description and organsim information that includes "ATP8" but do not include the term "mRNA".