In this article, you will learn how Power Search Expert Mode enables you to search multiple fields within BrightMove at once using Expert Query Format. This format allows you to optimize your input to the Power Search engine, and to use advanced combinations or operators to retrieve information from the BrightMove database. If you are familiar with using Boolean searches, this is the search mode for you.

Expert Mode is available within Power Search of any entity (Applicant, Job, Hiring Manager, Client, Department). In this article, we'll use Candidate Power Searches to demonstrate Expert Mode. To access the Expert Mode mode:

Once the checkbox labeled Expert Mode is checked, the screen is updated with a textbox, ready for input using the Expert Query Format. See the table below which lists the fields available for Expert Query Format.

To use Expert Mode, you'll need to construct your query using Expert Query Format. This format is described below. In summary, the format allows you to specify which specific fields you wish to search based on specific search terms.

To use Expert Mode, you must put the search input into Expert Query Format.

search_field:search_term

Example #1: Search for the word specialist in all fields

The simple example, in Expert Query Format, will search Everything (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with one token) specialist. Note, this is a single token search term.

text:specialist

Example #2: Search for the sequential words "compliance specialist" in all fields

The example, in Expert Query Format, will search Everything (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with two tokens) compliance specialist. Note, this is a single term with two tokens. This example uses the quotation marks as an operator. Surrounding the search term's two tokens within quotation marks instructs Power Search to require the terms to be sequentially present in one of the fields in the entity.

text:"compliance specialist"

Example #3: Search for the words compliance specialist in all fields. They don't have to be sequential and they don't have to all be present.

This is also sometimes referred to as an OR search. This example will search Everything (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with two tokens) compliance OR specialist. Note, this is a single term with two tokens, but it has not been surrounded within quotation marks. This instructs Power Search to look for either token in one of the fields in the entity.

text:compliance specialist

Example #4: Search for the sequential words "compliance specialist" in the current title field

The example, in Expert Query Format, will search Current Title (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with two tokens) compliance specialist. Note, this is a single term with two tokens. This example uses the quotation marks as an operator. Surrounding the two search term tokens within quotation marks instructs Power Search to require the terms to be present in sequential order within the current_title field in the entity.

current_title:"compliance specialist"

Example #5: Search for either of the words compliance specialist in the current title field

This is another example of an OR search. This example will search Current Title (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with two tokens) compliance OR specialist. Note, this is a single term with two tokens, but it has not been surrounded within quotation marks. This instructs Power Search to look for either token in current_title field in the entity.

current_title:compliance specialist

Example #6: Search for the word specialist in the current title field for highly ranked candidates

The example, in Expert Query Format, will search Everything (the search field) in the Candidate entity for (the search term with one token) specialist AND the Rank (another search field) for candidates with scores of 3,4 or 5. Notice that the rank terms are contained within parentheses and separated with the Boolean operator OR. This will instruct the Power Search engine to require both specialist and at least one of the rank values specified.

text:specialist AND (rank:3 OR rank:4 OR rank:5)

The asterisk (*) symbol is a very powerful character when it comes to Power Search. Adding the asterisk to a search term instructs the Power Search engine to expand its search for what to look for. As an example, you can tell Power Search to search based on fragments of words, or plural versions. This example will find results that have the fragment special within the current title field. In this case, matches would be found for "special", "specials" or "specialist".

current_title:special*

The following table contains available search fields, what each query searches, and example formatted searches for each search field.