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"Indexes" are metadata assigned to your documents to help you locate them in a database via a search engine. For example, if you were to index
a medical record chart, you might want to do so via:
Patient Name
Patient ID Number
This is an example of a "two index field" document.
Here is an example of a "three index field" document, using a Company Invoice as an example:
Billing Date
Company Name
Invoice Number
Any index field assigned to a document can be used to locate that document - or groups of documents. For example, if you entered a billing date
of "November 12, 2002", a list of all invoices from that date would appear. Additionally, a range of dates can be entered to compile a list of all invoiced that fall within those dates. If you entered "ABC Company" in the Company Name field,
a list of all of ABC Companies' invoices would be generated. In regards to "Invoice Number", individual numbers, or ranges of invoice numbers,
can be entered into the system and searched upon.
Additionally, wildcard searches can be performed. For example, using the "Company Name" index field from the example above, entering "f*" would generate a list of all companies who's names begin with the letter "F".
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