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You can use SuperWEB2's search and filter functionality to quickly find what you are looking for.

Search Across All Datasets

Use the search box to search across all fields, values, datasets and tables:

Search results for the query South, showing results like South Australia, South Canberra and so on

By default, SuperWEB2 displays results from all the datasets you have access to, but you can select some of the Filter check boxes if you want to narrow down the results so that they only contain items in specific datasets, or items of certain types.

Notes and Tips for Searching in SuperWEB2

  • Searches are not case sensitive. Searching for male or Male will return the same results. 
  • If you search for a single word, SuperWEB2 will return partial matches on that word anywhere in the search result. For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Matches
    east

    East

    East Gippsland

    Eastern

    South East

    South Eastern

  • If you search for multiple words, SuperWEB2 will only return matches that include all of the words from the search query.

    By default:

    • The words can appear in any order (they do not have to match the query order or appear together in the result).

    • SuperWEB2 will not return partial matches for individual words in the phrase.

    Both these behaviours can be changed by modifying the search query. To search for an exact match on a phrase in order, enclose the query in double quotes.

    To search for partial word matches, use the wildcard characters *  (match multiple characters) and ? (match single characters). For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Matches
    Examples
    That Will Not Match

    south east

    east south

    South East Metropolitan

    Lower South East

    South Lower East

    South

    East

    South Eastern

    south east*

    as above, plus:

    South Eastern


    south *ern

    South Eastern

    South Western

    South East

    south eas?

    South East

    South Eastern

    lower east

    east lower

    Lower South East


    "lower east"

    Lower East Side

    Lower South East

  • SuperWEB2 does not support keywords such as AND or OR. As described above, multiple word searches are treated as an AND search by default. If you include the words "and" or "or" in the query then SuperWEB2 will only return results that also include these words. For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Match
    Example
    That Will Not Match
    south and eastSouth and South East South East
  • If your system has been configured to support datasets in multiple languages, then searching will search the current dataset language only. Make sure you select the same language as the term you are searching for from the menu prior to the search.
  • Searches are diacritic-sensitive. To search for words containing diacritics/accented characters, you must include the diacritics/accents in the search query. For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Match
    Example
    That Will Not Match
    caféCaféCafe
    cafeCafeCafé
  • You can use a hyphen before a word to exclude it from the search (equivalent to a NOT search). For example if you want to return all results containing one or more particular words but not any results that also contain another specific word. You must use a space before the hyphen in your query, and it cannot be the first word in the search query. For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Matches
    Example
    That Will Not Match
    east -south

    East

    Upper East Side

    South East
    inner west -south

    Sydney - Inner West


    Sydney - Inner South West

    West Sydney

    sydney -west south

    South Sydney

    South Western Sydney

    South West Sydney

    sydney -west* south

    South Sydney

    South Western Sydney

    South West Sydeny

    -south east(none; invalid query)

    If you are searching for a word that contains a hyphen, then you can either include or not include the hyphen in your search query, but you must not use a space before the hyphen. For example:

    Example
    Search Query

    Example
    Matches
    Example
    That Will Not Match
    richmond tweed
    richmond-tweed
    Richmond-Tweed
    richmond -tweed

    Richmond

    East Richmond

    Richmond-Tweed
  • You can use the ~ character at the end of a word, followed by either 1 or 2, to do fuzzy matches (matches on similar words) based on Damerau-Levenshtein Distance. The number indicates how close the match needs to be (1 returns results that more closely match the search query than 2). For example:

    Example
    Search Query
    Example
    Matches
    south~2

    South

    Mouth

    Month

    Youth

  • If your search includes any of the following special characters, then you must escape them, either by adding a \ character immediately prior to the special character, or by enclosing the entire search query in double quotes:

    { } [ ] ^ * : \ /

    For example, to search for an item named 2021/2022, you need to enter one of the following search strings:

    2021\/2022

    "2021/2022"

Filter the Field List

In addition to searching across all the available datasets, you can also search within the currently selected dataset.

Open the dataset you are interested in and select Table View. You can then use the box at the bottom of the tree to filter the list so that it only shows matching fields and field values.

For example:

The field list with no filters applied
The field list for the Retail Banking dataset filtered to show only the 4 items that contain the string Open Date in the item name

Notes:

  • Filtering is not case sensitive.
  •  You can use the arrows beneath the filter box to navigate through all the matches.
  • Click the X button to remove the filter and revert to the full list of available fields.
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