Elasticsearch Tips

Elasticsearch Tips

Fuzzy (Spellchecker)
Tilde (~) – add to the end of each word you want to spellcheck
wierd~ searches for wired, weird
liberry~ searches for library, liberty
midevil~ searches medieval

Wildcards
Question mark (?) – stands in for one character
c?t searches for cat, cot, cut
c?at searches for chat, coat

Asterisk (*) – stands in for 0 or more characters
c*t searches for ct, cat, cot, coat, cut, connecticut, court, cormorant, etc.
c*at searches for cat, chat, coat, cheat, etc.
cat* searches for cat, cats, catapult, catastrophe, caterer, etc.
*cat searches for scat, wildcat, bobcat, etc.

Phrases

Quotation marks (“”) – surround a phrase to force an exact match
“Pete the cat” only shows titles that have the exact phrase Pete the cat in the record
“The Road” only shows titles where the is directly left of road

Negating terms

Minus sign (-) – add to the start of each word you want to remove
cat -dog searches for titles with cat but not dog
fantasy -romance searches for fantasy titles without romance in the record

Koha Keyboard Shortcuts
In addition to the normal browser shortcut keys like Ctrl + P: Print,
Ctrl + C to copy, and Ctrl + V to paste, the following quick keys can be used in most browsers
in Koha for circulation and patrons:
Alt+Q: Search Catalog
Alt+W: Renew
Alt+R: Checkin
Alt+U: Checkout
Dialog Boxes
Alt + Ctrl + Y: Yes
Ctlr + P: Print
Alt + Ctrl + I: Ignore
**Mac users use the OPTION button in place of Alt