Search Strategies
Smart Search embodies several search methods that enable you to perform sophisticated searches. You can perform the following searches and can combine many of them to create extremely general or granular searches. Please contact the Conga Support team to add custom synonyms in the Smart Search.
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Keywords |
Search for objects containing the keyword(s). |
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Synonym search |
Pull up keywords plus cognates. |
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Semantic alias |
Pull up results of operative terms translated into operators. |
A search for "Past due" is translated to "close date is before today" |
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Payment term queries |
Search using conventional language for payment terms. |
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Literal search |
Use quote marks to constrain the search. |
"double indemnity" (does not return results for "indemnity" alone) |
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Fuzzy search |
Search for approximate or "near miss" values. |
"Show me NDAs with addenda" returns all NDAs with the word "addendum" or "addenda" in the text. |
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Search operators |
Search with logical (AND, OR) operators. You can specify a main object (agreement, account, opportunity, etc.) as well as a related object. |
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Search operator + keyword |
Search using search operators and keywords. |
Agreement start date later than 1/1/2021 AND agreement end date before 1/31/2021 + "Force Majeure" |
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Context-driven or scope |
Use specific inputs to narrow the scope of your query. |
Agreement start date after 1/1/2021 AND record type = MSA AND (account type equals "customer" OR account industry equals "manufacturing") |
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Natural language |
Search using ordinary language and a main object (agreement, account, opportunity, etc.) |
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Natural language with nested terms |
Search in ordinary language, using a main object and a related object. |
In the search: "Pull up the service clauses for agreements over $20k," the main object is "agreements" and the related object is "clause". |
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Natural language with nested terms and keywords |
Search in ordinary language using a main and related object, documents, and clause text. |
Find all agreements over 100K which have a force majeure mentioned in them. |
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Natural language with nested, keywords, and Boolean expressions |
Search in ordinary language using a main and related object, documents, and clause text along with Boolean expressions. |
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Natural language nested, keywords, and synonyms |
Search in ordinary language using a main object, related object, documents, and clause text with synonyms. |
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Natural language nested, keywords, synonyms, and Boolean expressions |
Search in ordinary language using a main object, related object, documents, and clause text along with synonyms and Boolean expressions. |
Pull up agreements over 100K that contain an act of God but not indemnification |
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Natural language nested, keywords, synonyms, Boolean expressions, and scope |
Search in ordinary language using a main object, related object, documents, and clause text along with Boolean expressions and scope. |
Find all agreements of type MSA over 100K that mention both acts of God and limitation of liability |
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Semantic/superlative sort |
Search with context from natural language comparators such as "most", "least", "top", "bottom", "newest", "oldest", and so forth. |
Pull up top 3 agreements from last year |
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Partial filename search |
Partial file name search returns all matches expansively. |
A search for "quitclaim_21" returns all files that contain the string "quitclaim_21", including:
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Negation queries |
Natural-language negation phrase parsing. |
"Show me all agreements that don't contain…" |
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Ballpark search |
Search for numeric values approximating the search term. |
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Superlative with ballpark search |
Search using natural language strategies including both semantic superlative and approximation. |
Show me the five most recent contracts with a valuation around 50,000 |
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Request specific fields |
AI provides results with info in requested categories per natural language request |
Pull up the account and owner of all contracts over $120K |
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Search by any category |
Search categories of records |
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Multi-object search |
This search combines multiple objects, letting you search across categories (e.g., contracts and opportunities). |
Pull up opportunities with agreements greater than 10k |
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Answer searches posed as questions. |
Smart Search parses queries posed as questions, rather than as searches. |
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