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What search queries are valid

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What works	What doesn't work
A single word Multiple words A truncated word or words preceded or followed by an asterisk (*)	Boolean operators, such as "and," "or," and "not" Single letters or numbers Common words, such as prepositions and articles

Sample search queries and search results

Typing this term	Results in
ribbon	Events that contain the word "ribbon"
ribbon day	Events that contain both the words "ribbon" and "day" The words don't have to be together or in the same field.
ribbon and day	Events that contain the word "ribbon" Everything after "and" is ignored.
ribbon or day	Events that contain the word "ribbon" Everything after "or" is ignored.
3	No events. You can't search for single characters.
class 1	Events that contain the word "class" You can't search for single characters and so the "1" is ignored.
ribbon*	Events that contain the words "ribbon" "ribbons" "ribbonday" etc..

How search results are presented

The result you see when you search for calendar events depends upon the calendar view. For example, if you're looking at a calendar in Month view and you search for events that contain a specific term, you may not see any events in the current month that match your search criteria. You may have to scroll to a different month to find the events.

On the other hand, if you're looking at a calendar in List view, you'll immediately see a list of events that match your search criteria.

In addition, in response to every search, a search results bar appears above the calendar.

Search and selection criteria

These results indicate that some events in the calendar match the search criteria but the events don't appear in the current view. The searcher in this case typed "*jump*" in the Search box and selected "Wellington + Wairarapa" in the Region filter list.

Searching for "*jump*" means search for any word that contains "jump" somewhere within it. This will find "jumping", "showjumping" and "showjump".

Clicking Clear clears the search criteria.

The following table summarizes the search results you see for various calendar views.

Search results summary

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Calendar view	What displays
List Table	A list of events immediately appears.
5 Week Month Week Day	Events appear immediately only if they occur in the displayed time period. You might see a message that no events could be found.

If the search is unsuccessful for a calendar in any view, the search results bar looks like this:

When no events match the search criteria, a No events match your search criteria message appears in the bar.