Team Polaris
The various possibilities to search for member, events, projects, newsletters, bulletins, articles and documents in Polaris have one starting point. It is the magnifying glass in the top right corner of the page.
When you click on this icon, the following possibilities are shown:
Location of the search element
Content Search (as with Google)
The result list is empty at the beginning. You need to define what you are looking for and set restrictions. The search then started by using the button.
Important Notes:
You should enter at least 3 characters (but more are advisable) in the first field (marked red). It does not matter if the characters are at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the word you are looking for. Also upper-, lowercase, umlauts and accent marks are meaningless. If you enter multiple words separated by space, AND operator is applied.
Word or words you are looking for
In the second field (marked blue) you can restrict the resulting list by time and look for articles only in the given period.
By default no restriction is applied.
Hint: If the result list is very long (>100), then reducing the time period is the most effective measure to reduce it.
Time period restriction
In the third field (marked green) you can restrict the scope of the search to:
If you chose all clubs in your country, the result list may be huge and not useful.
Note: Only articles which are visible to you will appear in the result list. What you can see depends on the visibility of the article and on your rights. If you have more access rights, you may see more articles.
Scope restriction
The fourth field (marked yellow) allows you to restrict the search to a specific type of articles.
By default all content types are scanned.
The search works also in the content of the files (i.e. inside the document), not only for their names. Only content of documents in the format PDF-A, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint is scanned.
Files in archived folders are excluded from the search and will not appear in the result list.
Note: The visibility of the folder may be a reason why you will not find the file.
Content type restriction