10.1.2. Rules and Restrictions for Keyword Searches

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### 10.1.2. Rules and Restrictions for Keyword Searches

When specifying a value for a keyword search, the following rules and restrictions apply:

- Keyword searches are case-insensitive.

- You cannot leave the search field blank, or use any of the following characters as singular input:

  `+ ! ^ ( ) { } - [ ] “ ” ‘ ’`

  Note that some of the characters listed above are also invalid when they are part of a string. For example, while the strings `“fluent”` and `(fluent)` are valid, the strings `‘fluent’` and `[fluent]` are not. Also, some characters are valid at the beginning of a string, but not at the end of a string. For example, `!fluent` is valid, while `fluent!` is not.

- Non-alphanumeric characters that are part of keyword may be ignored. For example, entering the keyword `#scaling` could return results such as `scaling`, `#scaling`, `scaling#`, `scaling#one`, and so on. Similarly, entering the keyword `scaling#one` could return results such as `scaling`, `one`, `scaling#one`, `scaling:one`, `scaling-one`, and so on.

- Keyword searches will work only for Latin characters.

- You cannot use section labels or headings in any EKM-generated report as keywords to retrieve objects.

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