Enhanced search is a search mode that is not case sensitive, available in the Locate pane on the Layer Search tab that can be accessed from the Options button 
. The search mode allows you to search for whole words or phrases in the attributes of a layer. It also allows for spelling mistakes using the Enable fuzzy matching check box and has a built-in query language for searching layers.
Query language
Enhanced search allows you to build advanced queries. Many keywords, wildcards, and Booleans are built in to allow the most control over your search queries. See the table below for how to use the built-in query language. To use the special characters, type them in the search box in the Locate pane.
Query language examples
| Find all features with | Use this syntax | Type this |
|---|---|---|
The word park | park |
|
Both words park and lake | Space or AND | park lake park and lake |
Either river or lake | OR | river or lake |
Cities that start with San but without Diego | - (minus) or NOT | San -Diego San not Diego |
The phrase fire hydrant | " " (double-quotes) | "fire hydrant" |
The word IS in uppercase only (not is or Is) | = (equal sign) | =IS |
Either spelling of the country of Brazil using a wildcard (Brasil or Brazil) | ? (question mark) Wildcard for any one character, including a space | Bra?il |
Variations on Megan using a wildcard (Megan, Meghan, Megyn) | * (asterisk) Wildcard for zero or more characters, not including a space | Meg*n |
Variations on part time using a wildcard (parttime, part time, part-time) | ** (two asterisks) Wildcard for zero or more characters, including a space | part**time |
Locate pane examples
Below are examples of using the built-in query language of the Enhanced search mode of Layer Search in the Locate pane.
Enhanced search with simple search string
To find all features with a specific attribute, type the attribute you are looking for in the search box in the Locate pane. For example, the following search text returns the county features whose name is Orange regardless of how the value is stored:
orange 
Enhanced search using the AND operator or a space
To find features with multiple attributes, use either a space or the AND operator in the search text typed in the search box of the Locate pane. For example, the following search text returns all parks in a city’s athletic fields layer that have both soccer fields and turf surfaces:
- soccer turf
- soccer AND turf
Enhanced search using the OR operator
Use the OR operator in the search text typed in the search box of the Locate pane to find features that have either or both feature attributes. For example, the following search text returns all baseball venues with either park or stadium in the venue name:
park OR stadium
Enhanced search to exclude words with the NOT operator or minus sign
To find features that do not include certain values, use either the minus sign (-) or the NOT operator in the search text typed in the search box of the Locate pane. For example, the following search text returns all cities that start with San but do not include Diego:
- San -Diego
- San not Diego
Enhanced search using double quotes
Use double quotes (" ") in the search text typed in the search box of the Locate pane to find features that contain a specific phrase. For example, the following search text returns vegetation areas near the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District that contain plants with Wedge-leaf as part of the vegetation type class. The results are returned from the MAPCLASS field and displayed with 10 characters on either side of the matched search text:
"Wedge-leaf"
Enhanced search using the equal sign
Use the equal sign (=) in the search text typed in the search box of the Locate pane to search for features that contain attributes in a specific string case. For example, the following search text returns points of interest features where the Subcategory value for ATM is only uppercase and not lowercase. If = is not used in the search text, both upper and lowercase search text are returned:
=ATM
Enhanced search with the question mark wildcard
The question mark (?) is used as a wildcard for any one character, including a space, when entering text in the search box of the Locate pane to find features. For example, this search text returns features that have either the English or Portuguese spelling of Brazil:
Bra?il
Enhanced search using the single asterisk wildcard
A single asterisk (*) is used as a wildcard for zero or more characters, not including a space, when entering text in the search box of the Locate pane to find features. For example, this search text returns all features in an Austrian castles layer that includes attributes with variations of ßs in any of the fields:
ßs
Enhanced search using the double asterisk wildcard
Two asterisks (**) are used as a wildcard for zero or more characters, including a space, when entering text in the search box of the Locate pane to find features. For example, this search text returns all highway features for Interstate 75 that contain different variations for the full highway name:
I**75 