Searching Logic in SEDNA

The ability to search large volumes of messages and data in under a second is one of the key strengths of SEDNA. To do so in the Mobile SEDNA app, you can choose between Filter, Search, or Saved Searches, as shown below.

Note: You can only create or make new saved search from the desktop version of SEDNA.

Filter 

SEDNA uses some preset filters to organize mail into your Inbox, Outbox and so on. These filters are present across the top of the screen and are used to quickly narrow down the scope of messages that you are working in or searching in. Search allows you to leverage these filters when constructing a search.

in:Inbox	Returns messages in the Inbox
in:MyMessages	Returns messages in MyMessages
in:Following	Returns messages in which you have been tagged (by yourself or by others)
in:Draft	Returns messages that were drafted but not sent
in:Archive	Returns messages that were tagged as archived
in:Out	Returns messages that were sent from SEDNA
All	Returns all messages

Search

1. Choose SEARCH at the bottom part of the page.
2. Type a search term or operator and press Search.

Content

By default, when you search SEDNA, it searches for that text within the body of the message, the subject of the message, the sender and recipients, and all of the comments with the message. However, you can construct more focused queries that will allow you to quickly narrow in on the messages that you are looking for. These queries that you frequently used can then be saved as a Saved Search.

Using Advanced Search

The most basic searches just look for tags and text in the body of the message, and find messages that include all of the search terms. But often users need a more powerful or flexible way of trying to narrow down what they are looking for.

SEDNA has a very simple and intuitive way to construct queries using three basic concepts. An Operator, a Modifier, and Content.

Operators

SEDNA supports three operators. By default the operator in Search is AND, when multiple terms are entered into the search bar, SEDNA retrieves messages that have TermA AND TermB, etc.

In addition to this, SEDNA also supports OR and NOT.

[TermA] OR [TermB]	Returns messages that contain either TermA or TermB
NOT [TermA]	Returns messages that do not include the search term

Modifiers - Searching for Messages with Comments, Attachments, or Specific Tags

SEDNA allows you to focus your search to different attributes of the message. For example you can search for messages in a specific time range, or search for strings in specific parts of the message, or search for the existence of different types of content.

Search if a Message Has an Attribute

has:comment	Return messages with a comment in them
has:attachment	Return messages with an attachment
has:Person	Return messages that have one or more Person tags applied
has:Category	Return messages that have one or more Category tags applied
has:Job	Return messages that have one or more Job Reference tags applied

Search by a Person

from:[string]	Returns messages where the sender matches the string*
to:[string]	Returns messages which were addressed to the person who matches the string*

*When searching an email address, SEDNA matches on full email addresses, full words within the email users name (that they define in the From field), or the domain or the sender portions of the email address.

For example if an email came from “Daniel James <prod.management@acme.com>" here is a number of searches and whether or not they would return the message from Daniel.

from:Daniel		This will find the mail because Daniel matches a word in user’s From Name
from:james		This will find the mail because James matches the from name, despite the difference in capitalization
from:acme		This matches the full name of the domain of the sender, even without the “.com”
from:acm		Partial strings of domains do create a match
from:acme.com		This matches the full domain name of the sender
from:@acme.com		Adding the @ symbol still creates a match
from:Daniel James		This matches multiple words in the From Name
from:prod		This matches an entire word in the email address
from:management		This matches an entire word in the email address
from:prod.management		This matches the entire email address
from:da		Partial strings of names does not create a match
from:pro		Partial strings of addresses does not create a match
from:daniel acme		Combining words from the domain and the name does not create a match
from:prod management		Breaking the address into parts separated by a space does not create a match

Search by Content Type

SEDNA allows you to focus your search for terms specifically within a particular part of the the message.

body:[string]	Returns messages with the string in the body
subject:[string]	Returns messages with the string in the subject line
comment:[string]	Returns messages that have a comment which includes the string
attachment:[string]	Returns messages that have attachments with names matching the string*

*SEDNA searches attachment names, unfortunately the contents of an attachment are not yet searchable. Attachment name searches allow you to search on letters, numbers, and special characters. Here are a few examples of searches for a file named Bill of Lading-12062017.pdf

attachment:Lading		This matches a word in the filename
attachment:ing-12		Special characters also match
attachment:.pdf		The file type is part of the searchable name
attachment:Bill of		You cannot search with whitespace in filenames

Saved Searches 

Queries or search filters that you frequently used are saved as Saved Search. You can look up your saved searches through your mobile by choosing Saved Searches at the bottom of the page and see the list of saved search filters.