Resources Search Help
These examples should give you an idea of what’s possible.
| Search string | What you see | Why you see it |
|---|---|---|
| TR-069 | All TR-069 versions | This matches in the Number column |
| tr69 TR-69 | All TR-069 versions | Upper/lower case and punctuation don’t matter |
| technical report | All Technical Reports | Both words match in the Type column |
| sdn | All SDN and NFV Work Area resources | This matches in the Work Area column |
| usp | All resources with USP tags | This matches in the Tags column |
| data model | Nothing | data matches in the Work Area column (we’ll fix this!) but model doesn’t |
| data-model | Nothing | This is the same, because punctuation is ignored |
| “data model” | Various resources with data model in their titles | Quoted strings have to match exactly |
| “data-model” | All resources with Data-Model tags | Quoted strings have to match exactly |
Sorting Results
Results are by default sorted by Date, most recent first. You can click on the arrows at the top of the columns to change the sort criterion and direction.
The sort settings are reflected in the URL, and are therefore saved if you save the search.
Hiding Columns
It can be useful to hide a column when all the results have the same value in this column. For example, you might want to hide the Type column if all the results are Technical Reports.
To hide and unhide columns, double-click in the search box. A menu will be displayed and you can select and unselect the columns that are to be hidden.
The column selection is reflected in the URL, and are therefore saved if you save the search.
Saving Results
Click SAVE CSV to download a CSV (comma-separated values) copy of the current search results.
Saving Searches
Click COPY SEARCH to copy the current search URL, or just copy it from the browser address field.
The URL includes the search string, the sort settings, and the column selection.
Column Descriptions
Each column has a fixed priority. The column priorities (from highest to lowest) are Number, Project, Type, Wor
If a search term is found in a column, it’s not looked for in the lower-priority columns. This is why (for example) a search for TR-069 (it’s found in the Number column) won’t find it in the Name column.
| Name | Priority | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 1 | Resource number, e.g., TR-101, TR-124i3, TR- |
| Type | 3 | Resource type, e.g., Technical Report, Marketing Report |
| Name | 6 | Document name (title), e.g., MR-459: Disaggregated BNG |
| Project | 2 | BBF project category, e.g., Access | Next, Connected Home |
| Work Area | 4 | Work Area, e.g., Common YANG, Physical Layer Transmission |
| Tags | 5 | Resource tags, e.g., CWMP, FTTdp, USP |
| Date | 7 | Resource publication date, in yyyy/mm format |
| 8 | Link to resource’s PDF file | |
| More | 9 | Link to resource’s additional materials, e.g., software |
Search Tips
If you don’t see the expected results, it’s likely that a search term has matched an unexpected column. The easiest way to check this is to search for a single term first (so you can see where it matches), and then build up the search by adding additional terms.
You can try quoting search terms (quoted strings are matched literally) but this won’t subvert the column priorities: the quoted string will still need to be something that doesn’t exist in any higher-priority columns.
You should understand that search terms (apart from quoted strings) are split into “tokens”. A token is either a word or a number (punctuation is ignored). So, for example, TR-069 is split into tr (word) and 69 (number).
Word tokens only match at the beginning of a word, e.g., met matches metal but not grommet (upper/lower case is ignored, so it also matches Metal). Numbers must match exactly, e.g., 10 doesn’t match 100, but 0100 does match because numbers are compared by numeric value.
There is one special rule: a token followed by a number will only match adjacent tokens (in the same order). This is to ensure that:
- Document numbers only match document numbers
- Dates only match dates
Without this rule, TR-181 would match a resource containing any word starting with tr and the number 181, no matter which columns they appeared in or the order in which they appeared.
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