Search

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:

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 east	South 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
  café	Café	Cafe
  cafe	Cafe	Café

• 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:

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.