Chapter 6: Searching Maps and Creating Custom Reports

Searching is one task you'll perform often with Content Analyzer because it's such a versatile and powerful tool. You can easily find the information you need about your site's resources, and you can manipulate the results of your searches in a variety of ways to meet your needs. This chapter describes the basics of searching with Content Analyzer, and explains how to:

• Find information fast with Quick Searches: Choose from a menu of handy Quick Searches with predefined search criteria. With just a click, you can find all the 404 broken links in your site, for example. Or, you can locate hidden objects or images without ALT strings.

• Create your own custom searches: You can set up your own simple or complex searches. Searching the properties in a WebMap can be as simple as finding all objects in the map that have a particular text string in their names. Or, a search can be as complex as searching the currently visible map for HTML pages that have a particular modification date as well as a particular text string in their URLs. You can search through the entire map for specified criteria, or search through only those parts of the map that are currently visible. You can even search the results of a search.

• Manipulate the results of your searches: When you perform a search, the results are reported in the Search Results window. You can organize the results to serve your needs by changing which properties are shown, reordering the columns, and more. You can also export the results to a database or spreadsheet, or to an HTML table.

• Specify criteria in the Search dialog box: This chapter provides brief descriptions of all the search criteria you can specify.

• Understand the properties shown in the Search Results window: This chapter lists each of the Search Results window properties by name, with possible values, a brief description, and the type of object the property applies to.

Topics in this chapter:

Searching Made Simple

Quick Searches

Custom Searches

Working with the Search Results Window

Search Dialog Box Criteria

Search Results Window Properties

Searching Made Simple

Content Analyzer lets you search a WebMap for particular objects or links. For example, you can use one of Content Analyzer's built-in Quick Searches to find all the unavailable objects or images without ALT strings in your site. Or perhaps you're looking for an object that has a particular text string in its name.

The results of a search appear in the Search Results window. You can use the results to:

• View properties of the objects or links reported, such as URL, hyperlink text, last modified date, or size

• Sort the properties the way you want them

• Display objects in your Web browser

• Create your own HTML-formatted reports based on your customized search results (in other words, different reports from the standard site reports you can have Content Analyzer automatically generate)

• Export the results window to a database or spreadsheet application

• Print the search results from Content Analyzer or your browser

In this chapter, you'll learn how to use Content Analyzer to perform searches, and how to make the most of the Search Results window. For some other real-world examples using searches, see Chapter 8, Site Management Tips & Techniques.

Important Note When Content Analyzer searches a WebMap, it searches through properties in the map, not through the contents of the Web site's resources.

Quick Searches

The easiest and fastest way to search a map is to use Content Analyzer's predefined searches. With just a click, you can find all your broken links, hidden objects, images without ALT strings, and more. Eight pre-set searches are available on the Tools|Quick Search menu:

Quick Search	Searches for
Objects With Referrals	Objects with referrals (see "Getting Info about Hit Counts and External Referrals" in Chapter 7, "Managing Links").
Hidden Objects	Pages and other resources that are currently hidden, either individually (via the View|Hide Object command) or by object type (with the View|Display Options dialog box).
Home Site Objects	Pages and other resources on the same domain as the site's home page.
Images Without ALT	Images that don't have the optional ALT attribute text string.
Load Size Over 32K	Pages whose load size (the size of the HTML page plus any linked inline resources, such as images) is larger than 32K.
Non-Home Site Objects	Pages and other resources on a different domain than the site's home page.
Not Found Objects (404)	Pages and other resources that didn't exist on the server when Content Analyzer mapped the site.
Unavailable Objects	Pages and other resources that couldn't be reached when Content Analyzer mapped the site because: the server was down (152), the object didn't exist on the server (404), the object is password protected (401), and so on. (For a list of common HTTP error codes and their meanings, see "Determining Why a Link Is Broken" in Chapter 7, "Managing Links.")
Unverified Objects	Pages and other resources for which one or more links have been found, but which have not been verified as accessible.

When you choose one of these searches from the Quick Search menu, Content Analyzer searches the entire map and then displays the Search Results window (see "Working with the Search Results Window" for details on how to use and customize results windows).

Quick searches are designed to be just that--quick. If you find yourself performing other searches frequently, you can add your own quick searches to the Quick Search menu, as described in the next topic.

Creating Your Own Quick Searches

Although Content Analyzer gives you a few quick searches for things many Webmasters are interested in, you'll probably want to create a few of your own. Once you've done so, your custom quick searches will appear in the Quick Search menu, as well as in the Search Type list of the Custom Search dialog box.

For example, Content Analyzer provides a Quick Search for pages with a load size over 32K, since most Webmasters know that pages that take a long time to download can be a nuisance to people with slow Internet connections. But deciding how big is too big is rather subjective. Perhaps you're more concerned when the load size of your pages is 100K or larger. Here's what you'd do to customize your search:

1. Choose Custom Search from the Tools menu, or click the Custom Search button on the Main toolbar. The Search dialog box appears.

2. Set up the Search dialog box like this:

   

3. Click Save. In the Search Name field, enter a name for this search--for instance, pages100K. Notice that your new Quick Search now appears selected in the Search Type list.

   Be aware that you are saving the specific search criteria you set up; you're not saving the map of the site. 

4. Click Search to perform the search.

You can create as many Quick Searches as you like; they'll appear in alphabetical order on the Quick Search menu.

Custom Searches

You use the Search dialog box (choose Custom Search from the Tools menu) to search a WebMap for objects that match the criteria you specify. You can specify both primary and secondary search criteria (to perform And searches, which find objects that match both primary and secondary criteria, and Or searches, which find objects that match at least one of the two criteria).

The search criteria you can specify includes the following:

• The part of the map you want to search (see "Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window") 

• The type of objects you want to search for ("see Chapter 8, "Site Management Tips") 

• Which of the fields you want to search through (see "Exporting Search Results") 

• A search option, such as where the text string occurs in the field or whether a numeric criteria is greater than or equal to a specified value

• A text string, or a numeric or Boolean value

For descriptions of each search criteria you can specify, see "Search Dialog Box Criteria."

Performing a Simple Text Search

One simple search you're likely to use frequently is to look for objects that have a particular text string in one of their map properties (not in the contents of the resource object itself). For example, you might want to know where a product name is being used in hyperlink text. (For a detailed description of the fields in the Custom Search dialog box, see "Search Dialog Box Criteria.")

To search for a property that contains a particular text string

1. Choose Custom Search from the Tools menu, or click the Custom Search button on the Main toolbar. The Search dialog box appears. 

2. Set up the Search dialog box to look like this:

   

   In the Modifiers list, "Contains" means that the text string you specify can occur anywhere in the field you specify.

3. In the Text String box, type the text you want to search for.

4. Select Match Case if you want to search for the text string that matches exactly the capitalization you typed.

5. Click Search.

The Search Results window appears, showing all map objects that have the specified text string in any of their fields.

Performing a Not Search

You can direct Content Analyzer to find all objects or links that do not match certain criteria. For example, if you want to find all pages that don't have the words "Special Offer" in their titles, do the following:

1. Choose Custom Search from the Tools menu, or click the Custom Search button on the Main toolbar. The Search dialog box appears. 

2. Set up the Search dialog box to look like this:

   

All pages with titles that don't contain the words "Special Offer" are listed in the Search Results window.

Performing an And or Or Search

The Advanced search criteria area of the Search dialog box is where you set up And or Or (Boolean) searches. For example, you could narrow a search by looking for all files that were created before a certain date and have a particular text string in their Private Notes field (an And search). Conversely, you could broaden a search by identifying all files that have at least one of two text strings in their Name field (an Or search).

To set up a Boolean search

1. Choose Custom Search from the Tools menu, or click the Custom Search button on the Main toolbar.

2. Specify the primary set of search criteria. For a description of search criteria, see "Search Dialog Box Criteria."

3. Click Advanced. The dialog box expands and shows the advanced search criteria area.

   

4. Choose whether you want the two sets of criteria to be related by an And or an Or.

5. Specify the advanced search criteria in the right side of the dialog box.

6. If you want to save the advanced search, click Save. Then, enter the name of the search in the Search Name field. (Your new search now appears selected in the Search Type list.)

7. Click Search.

Working with the Search Results Window

When you perform a search, the results appear in the Search Results window, which offers a great deal of additional information about the objects and links Content Analyzer found. The results window is a table that lists objects or links, shown with columns of either Content Analyzer's default properties (for information about the default properties columns settings, see "Object and Link Properties") or whatever properties you've configured (see "Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window").

You can do any of the following tasks with some or all of the objects shown in the results window:

• Determine which properties are displayed in the results window. See "Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window".

• Refine a search by searching the objects in the results window. See Chapter 8, Site Management Tips & Techniques, for search examples.

• Export search results to a database, spreadsheet, or HTML file. See "Exporting Search Results".

In general, you can do anything in the results window that you can do in the map window: display an object in your Web browser, view and change properties for objects and links, change labels, verify broken links, and much more. What's more, you can even search the results of a search to further refine the list of reported objects. And when the results window contains exactly the map objects and associated properties you're interested in, you can export the contents to use in a database or spreadsheet application or as an HTML-formatted site report.

The Search Results window is synchronized with the associated map window. When you select an object in the results window, the object is automatically selected in the map window. You can also do the following in the results window:

• Double-click an object to view it in your Web browser

• Right-click an object, then choose Properties from the right-click menu to view information about some of the object's properties. Because the dialog box stays open until you close it, you can continue selecting objects in the results window and viewing their properties. (For more information, see "Using the Properties Dialog Box to Analyze an Object" in Chapter 8, "Site Management Tips & Techniques.")

Object and Link Properties

The Search Results window shows the properties of the objects or links that Content Analyzer found, one property to a column. Properties include the hyperlink text, link URL, HTTP status (404, and so on), the number of InLinks pointing to the object, and more. To change a column's width, click and drag the column boundaries. You can also change which properties appear in the results window (see "Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window"). See "Search Results Window Properties" for a list with descriptions of all the object and link properties that can appear in the results window.

Default Properties Column Settings

Content Analyzer has default settings that determine which properties are shown in the Search Results window. For a complete list of all available properties with descriptions for each, see "Search Dialog Box Criteria." If you want to change which properties are shown or change the order of the columns, see "Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window."

Label

MIME Type

Modified Date

Size

InLinks

Level

Hits

URL

Label

InLinks

Method

Level

Hits

URL

Label

Modified Date

Size

InLinks

Level

MIME Type

IMG/ALT

Hits

URL

Label

MIME Type

Modified Date

Size

InLinks

Level

Hits

URL

Hyperlink Text

MIME Type

Location

Route Type

HTTP Status

Hits

Link URL

From URL

URL

Label

MIME Type

Modified Date

Size

InLinks

Level

Hits

URL

Label

Modified Date

Size

Load Size

Level

Links

Broken

InLinks

Hits

URL

Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window

The properties that automatically appear in the Search Results window are determined by a checkbox option available in the Program Options dialog box.

By default, this checkbox--called In Results Window Change Columns Based on Object Type--is selected. When this checkbox is selected, the results window automatically shows Content Analyzer's default set of standard properties for the type of object you searched for (see "Default Properties Column Settings"). For example, images often have ALT strings, an attribute that other objects such as pages don't have. Content Analyzer's default behavior is to automatically provide the ALT string property (IMG/ALT) in the Search Results window when you search for images. If you search for pages, however, Content Analyzer won't show the ALT string property because it doesn't apply to pages. (Note that when you search for multiple object types--for example, in an Or search--the Search Results window cannot show the default properties columns for more than one object type.)

At times, you may want the Search Results window to show you a generalized set of properties instead of specific properties for specific objects. To get the more generalized search results, clear the checkbox called In Results Window Change Columns Based on Object Type before you perform the search.Be aware that when this checkbox is cleared, Content Analyzer retains the search criteria from your last search, no matter which object type you choose.

Note Before you perform a search, you can determine which properties will appear in the Search Results window by using the In Results Window Change Columns Based on Object Type checkbox. After performing a search, you can change the properties column configuration in the results window by using either the Quick Columns command or the Result Columns command (see "Changing the Properties and Column Order in the Search Results Window").

To determine columns based on object type in the Search Results window

1. Choose View|Program Options, and then choose the General tab.

2. Make sure the In Results Window Change Columns Based on Object Type checkbox is selected. (Otherwise, the properties columns won't be based on object type.)

3. Click Apply, then click OK.

For a list the default properties columns that Content Analyzer automatically shows in the Search Results window, see "Object and Link Properties."

Changing the Properties and Column Order in the Search Results Window

Once you've performed a search operation, you'll often want to see only certain properties of the reported objects. For example, perhaps you've searched for images, and you want the Search Results window to show only properties that apply specifically to images. You can arrange the columns in the results window to show only those properties you're interested in. The Result Columns and Quick Columns commands on the View menu give you the flexibility to make the following changes to the results window:

• Choose which properties columns you want the results window to display.

• Reorder the columns that appear.

• Save your custom column arrangements (see "Saving Your Own Quick Columns").

• Create your own default properties columns (see "Changing Quick Columns Defaults").

In an active results window, you can also right-click any column heading (for example "Label") and then choose Quick Columns or Columns from the right-click menu.

To change properties using the Result Columns command

1. Choose View|Columns|Result Columns (or right-click any column heading in the active results window, and then choose Columns). The Result Columns dialog box appears.

   

   The Show These Properties list box on the right shows the properties that are currently displayed in the results window. The Available Properties scroll list on the left shows all available properties, including those that are not relevant to your search. 

2. To sort the list of available properties by search object, select the Show Types checkbox (below the Available Properties scroll list). Now you can see that properties in the list are grouped by their relevance to search object types. The A group of properties are relevant to All Objects, the B group to both Objects and Links, the G group to Gateways, and so on.

   

3. To add properties you want the results window to show, select the properties from the Available Properties scroll list, and then click Add. The properties appear in the Show These Properties list box. (You can also double-click a property to move it from one column to the other.)

   To group and move several properties: Ctrl-click each property and then click Add; or, click the first property in a sequence of properties you want to select, then Shift-click the last property in the sequence, and then click Add. 

   Note If you add an irrelevant property to the Show These Properties list, the Search Results window reports "n/a" (for not applicable) in that irrelevant property's column. For example, if you search for Pages and configure the results window to show the ALT string property (IMG/ALT, which is relevant only for images), you'll see "n/a" in the IMG/ALT column in the Search Results window. This is different from a blank field in the results window, which means that although the property is relevant, there is no value to report for it. 

4. If you want to add all of the properties available, click Add All. If you change your mind and want to start with a clean slate, click Remove All.

5. To remove properties you don't want displayed, select the properties in the Show These Properties list, and then click Remove. The properties appear in the Available Properties scroll list. (You can also double-click a property to move it from one column to the other.)

   To group and move several properties: Ctrl-click each property and then click Remove; or, click the first property in a sequence of properties you want to select, then Shift-click the last property in the sequence, and then click Remove. If you change your mind and want to start with a clean slate, click Remove All. 

6. You can also reorder the properties columns (described in the section that follows this procedure).

7. When you've finished making changes in the results window, check the Quick Columns choice at the top left of the Result Columns dialog box before you click Done.

Warning The changes you've made in the Result Columns dialog box will be applied to the current Quick Columns choice when you click Done. To avoid overwriting a Quick Columns arrangement you want to keep, save your changes with a new column arrangement name before you click Done (see "Saving Your Own Quick Columns"). If you want to change Content Analyzer's default Quick Column arrangements, see "Changing Quick Columns Defaults."

To change the column order using the Result Columns command

1. Choose View|Columns|Result Columns (or right-click any column heading in the active results window, and then choose Columns). The Result Columns dialog box appears.

2. Select a property in the Show These Properties list and click Move Up or Move Down. (To group and move several properties, Ctrl-click them and then click Move Up or Move Down.)

3. You can also change which properties columns to show in the results window (described previously).

4. When you've finished arranging columns, select the Quick Columns choice at the top left of the Result Columns dialog box before you click Done.

   Warning The changes you've made in the Result Columns dialog box will be applied to the current Quick Columns choice when you click Done. To avoid overwriting a Quick Columns arrangement you want to keep, save your changes with a new column arrangement name before you click Done (see "Saving Your Own Quick Columns"). If you want to change Content Analyzer's default Quick Column arrangements, see "Changing Quick Columns Defaults." 

5. When you're satisfied with your changes, click Done. In the active results window, the properties columns appear (from left to right) in the order that you rearranged them in the Show These Properties list.

Changing How Properties are Sorted

It's easy to change the way properties are sorted in the Search Results window. For example, if you want to see which images on your site have most recently been modified, click the column heading for the Modified Date property. The dates in the column will be rearranged in descending order to show the most recent dates first. (To reverse the order, click the column heading again. Note that blank fields always remain at the bottom of the list.) If you want to sort by two properties, click the column header for a second property. The properties columns you can sort in descending order are: Hits, Size, Load Size, Date, Modified Date, and links properties that show a number value (InLinks, InLinks-Offsite, InLinks-Onsite, InLinks-Referral, Links, Links-Broken, Links-Offsite, Links-OnPage, and Links-Onsite).

Saving Your Own Quick Columns

You'll probably want to save your own custom column arrangements for specific search results you need. (For information on changing properties and reordering columns in the results window, see "Changing the Properties and Column Order in the Search Results Window").

To save your Quick Columns

1. When you're satisfied with your changes in the Results Column dialog box, click New.

2. In the New dialog box that appears, specify the name for your new column arrangement (for example, MyPageColumns), and click OK. (MyPageColumns now appears selected in the Quick Columns list.)

3. Click Done, and your new column arrangement appears in the active results window.

4. If you want to delete a column arrangement, choose it from the Quick Columns list and then click Delete.

Changing Quick Columns Defaults

Content Analyzer comes with a set of default properties column arrangements for each search object type: Default, Gateways, Images, Internet Services, Links, Other, and Pages. These arrangements are available on the Quick Columns list. (For information about the defaults, see "Default Properties Column Settings.") To choose column arrangements from the Quick Columns list, you can right-click a column heading in the Search Results window or choose View|Quick Columns. But you can only change column defaults using the Result Columns dialog box.

Warning Once you change Content Analyzer's default Quick Column arrangements, you can't retrieve them. However, you can re-create them (see "Default Properties Column Settings").

1. Choose View|Columns|Result Columns, or right-click a column heading in the active results window and then choose Columns. The Result Columns dialog box appears.

2. From the Quick Columns list, choose the default column arrangement (IMAGES, for example) that you want to change.

3. Make the changes you want, and then click Done. Your changes replace the default column arrangement.

Exporting Search Results

You can export the items in a results window to a file and print that file. Exporting information from a WebMap is especially useful if you want to create your own site reports (based on your search results) or if you use a database or spreadsheet to keep track of site information.

Search results exported into a database application 

Search results exported into a spreadsheet 

You can export your search results either as an HTML table or as a tab-delimited file suitable for exporting to a database or spreadsheet. The HTML option allows you to create your own site reports from search results you've customized for your particular needs. (See Chapter 8, Site Management Tips & Techniques, for helpful search examples. See Chapter 4, Working with HTML Reports, for information on the standard site reports that Content Analyzer can generate automatically.)

For tab-delimited files, columns are separated by tabs, and rows are separated by a newline character. Your database or spreadsheet application might ask you for this information when you try to import the file.

To export from a results window

1. Make sure the results window shows the information you want to export. (You can delete a line of information by selecting it and pressing your keyboard's Delete key.)

2. Make the results window active, and choose File|Export|Results. The Export Results dialog box appears.

   

3. From the Format list, choose the file format you want to export to.

4. Specify the directory and name for the export file, or accept the defaults Content Analyzer suggests: Search.htm or Search.txt.

5. Click OK. Content Analyzer exports the information to the specified file name.

Search Dialog Box Criteria

To display the Search dialog box, choose Tools|Custom Search, or click the Custom Search button on the Main toolbar.

The topics that follow describe each of the search criteria you can specify.

The Search List

Use the Search list to specify which part of the map you want to search.

Search Options	Description
Entire Map (default)	Searches the entire map, regardless of what's currently displayed.
Current Results	Searches the objects contained in the active results window (search or map comparison results).
Current Tree View	Searches only those parts of the Tree view that are currently displayed.

The Search Type List

Use the Search Type list to choose the type of search you want. You can choose the default custom search, or one of your saved searches (see "Creating Your Own Quick Searches"), or one of Content Analyzer's Quick Searches.

Search Type	Description
<Custom Search>	The default custom search. You can change any of the fields to search for whatever you want. Content Analyzer will remember the last search criteria you entered.
<user-defined search>	The names of any customized searches you have created and saved.
<Quick Searches>	The eight predefined searches provided with Content Analyzer (see "Quick Searches").

The Object Type List

Use the Object Type list to specify whether you want to search for all objects that match the criteria or objects of a particular type that match the criteria. You can also search for links. Searching for links is different from searching for the other object types (All Objects, Pages, Images, and so on).

Object Type	Description
All Objects	All of the items in the list except links.
Gateways	A server-executed program, often associated with an HTML form.
Images	All images in the map.
Internet Services	Services such as Mail, FTP, and Gopher (except HTTP).
Links	Links such as the HREF in the HTML ANCHOR tag (A), the SRC in the IMG tag, and so on. Links encompass both main routes and alternate routes.
Other	Audio and video files, PostScript and Java files, WebMaps, applications, and so on. Unrecognized object types are also included.
Pages (default)	HTML pages.

The Field List

Use the Field list to specify which map field you want Content Analyzer to search in. The available field options are determined by what you choose in the Object Type list. Many of the field options correspond to label options in the Labels dialog box or to properties displayed in the Properties dialog box. The default field is <all text fields> (except for links).

All Objects

If you choose All Objects as the object type, the following options are available in the Field list. These options are also available for the other items in the Object Type list (except for links).

Fields	Description (Searches for)
<all objects of type> (default)	Objects of the specified object type. You don't need to enter any additional search criteria.
<all text fields>	Objects with the text string you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items
Author	The name of the person who is responsible for the object. Enter the name in the Text String field, and select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Broken	Objects that are unavailable for one of a number of reasons. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
Date	Objects with the date you specify in the Value field. (The date format is retrieved from the Windows Regional Settings Properties in the Control Panel.)
file name	Objects with the file name you specify in the Text String field. For example, in the URL https://www.microsoft.com/project/phase1.htm, the file name is phase1.htm.
Hidden	Objects that are not visible because you either hid them with the Hide Object command on the View menu or right-click menu, or you selected the Hide All Routes checkbox in the Properties dialog box for selected objects.
Hidden Alt	Objects with hidden alternate routes. Hidden alternate routes are not visible because you selected the Hide All Alternate Routes checkbox in the Properties dialog box for the selected object.
Hits	Objects with the number of hit counts you specify in the Value field (for example, all objects with a hit count greater than 250). The hit counts are imported from the usage data.
HTTP Status	Objects with the HTTP status code you specify in the Value field (for example, 404, which means the object was not found).
Hyperlink Text	Objects with the hyperlink text string (the text you would click to activate the link) you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
InLinks	Objects with the number of InLinks you specify in the Value field. For example, you can search for all objects that have more than 50 InLinks.
InLinks-Offsite	Objects with the number of offsite InLinks you specify in the Value field. For example, you can search for all objects that have more than 20 offsite InLinks
InLinks-Onsite	Objects with the number of onsite InLinks you specify in the Value field. For example, you can search for all objects that have more than 200 onsite InLinks.
InLinks-Referral	Objects with the number of referrals you specify in the Value field. A referral is an offsite InLink imported as usage data.
Level	Objects at the level in the Tree view you specify in the Value field. The home page is considered level 1, its children are level 2, and so on.
Link URL	Objects with the link URL you specify in the Text String field. The link URL is as it occurs in the HTML page and can be relative or absolute.
Local Path	Objects with the local directory path and file name you specify in the Text String field.
MIME Type	Objects with the MIME type you specify in the Text String field. You can specify either the "major" or "minor" portion of a MIME type (for example, "image" or "gif") or both parts (for example, "text/html").
Modified Date	Objects with the last-modified date you specify in the Value field. The date format is retrieved from the Windows Regional Settings Properties in the Control Panel.
Name	Objects with the name string you specify in the Text String field. (Name is displayed on the Annotations tab in the Properties dialog box.) If you did not change the name, the default name for pages is the HTML TITLE tag text.
Notes	Objects with the Notes text string (displayed in the Notes section on the Annotations tab) you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Private Notes	Objects with the Private Notes text string (displayed in the Private Notes section on the Annotations tab) you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Referrer URL	Objects with at least one referrer URL that matches the text string you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Size	Objects with the size (in bytes) you specify in the Value field. (Searches for all objects except Internet Services.)
Source Path	Objects with the path name (displayed in the Source Path field on the Annotations tab) of the file that you want to edit. Specify the path name in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Unverified	Objects whose existence/accessibility Content Analyzer has not verified. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.

URL	Objects with the text string in their URLs. Specify the text string in the Text String field. For example, you could search for all objects that contain the word microsoft in their URL addresses. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.

Pages

If you choose Pages as the object type, the following fields become available in addition to the fields listed for All Objects. Content Analyzer searches only for pages that match the search criteria.

Note The fields that are capitalized are HTML tags or attributes. The descriptions of these tags and attributes are brief summaries; for more information, consult an HTML reference manual.

Additional Fields for Pages	Description (Searches for)
APPLET	Whether or not pages containing an embedded application (typically Java) exist. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
BASE	Whether or not pages containing an optional BASE tag exist. BASE indicates where a page was originally located. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
BASEFONT	Whether or not pages containing a BASEFONT tag exist. BASEFONT specifies the default font size for the page. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
BGSOUND	Whether or not pages containing a BGSOUND tag exist. BGSOUND inserts an inline audio snippet. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
BODY/BACKGROUND	Whether or not pages (and images) containing a BACKGROUND attribute exist. BACKGROUND specifies that an image be used as a window background (like wallpaper). Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
BODY/BGCOLOR	Pages with a background color you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items. The text string must be the hexadecimal equivalent of an RGB color value, such as #BD0062. Consult an HTML manual for more information.
EMBED	Whether or not pages containing an EMBED tag exist. EMBED allows a variety of documents (such as audio and video) to be embedded in an HTML document. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
FORM	Whether or not pages containing a FORM tag exist. FORM builds a document (a form) that typically consists of radio buttons, lists, checkboxes, and menus. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
FRAMESET	Whether or not pages containing the FRAMESET tag exist. FRAMESET allows a page to be partitioned into a collection of independent framed panes. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
Headings	Pages with the text string in their headings (tagged by H1, H2, H3, and so on) you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
IMG/ISMAP	Whether or not pages (and images) containing an IMG/ISMAP attribute exist. IMG/ISMAP specifies that the object is a server-side imagemap. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
IMG/USEMAP	Whether or not pages (and images) containing an IMG/USEMAP attribute exist. USEMAP specifies that the object is a client-side imagemap. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
ISINDEX	Whether or not pages that contain an ISINDEX tag exist. ISINDEX enables pages with gateway scripts to be examined with a keyword search. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
Links	Pages with the number of links (all link types) you specify in the Value field.
Links-Broken	Pages with the number of broken links you specify in the Value field.
Links-Offsite	Pages with the number of offsite links you specify in the Value field.
Links-OnPage	Pages with the number of links you specify in the Value field.
Links-Onsite	Pages with the number of onsite links you specify in the Value field.
Load Size	Pages with the load size, in bytes, you specify in the Value field. Load size is the file size of the page itself plus the combined sizes of all inline resources.
MARQUEE	Whether or not pages containing the Internet Explorer MARQUEE tag exist. MARQUEE allows a text string to be scrolled horizontally on the page. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
META	Whether or not pages containing the META tag exist. META tags provide a place to put meta-information or notes. META tag data can also be imported into the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box. See "Using META Tag Data in Your Maps" in Chapter 8, "Site Management Tips & Techniques," for more information.
META/REFRESH	Whether or not pages containing the HTTP response header, REFRESH, exist. REFRESH instructs the browser to refresh the displayed page or to access another page at a specified URL.
NOFRAMES	Whether or not pages containing a NOFRAMES tag exist. NOFRAMES is for people who have browsers that don't understand the FRAMESET and FRAME tags).
OBJECT	Whether or not pages containing an OBJECT tag exist. OBJECT specifies meta-data about other URLs.
SCRIPT	Pages containing a SCRIPT tag, which includes program scripts within an HTML document.
STYLE	Pages containing a STYLE attribute of the HEAD tag. STYLE is a style sheet instruction that is used for formatting.
TABLE	Pages containing a TABLE tag, which contains tabular data.
Title	Pages with the text string in their HTML TITLE tag you specify in the Text String field. If the page has more than one TITLE tag, this option searches the first TITLE tag only. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.

Images

If you choose Images as the object type, the following fields become available in addition to the fields listed for All Objects. Content Analyzer searches only for images that match the search criteria.

Note When you specify IMG/ALIGN, IMG/ALT, IMG/HEIGHT, or IMG/WIDTH, the attribute value is taken from the first link to the image that Content Analyzer encounters; subsequent links to that image may have different attribute values.

Additional Fields for Images	Description (Searches for)
A/HREF	Images that are specified in an anchor tag rather than in an IMG/SRC tag.
Imagemap URL	Images used as server-side imagemaps (indicated by the ISMAP attribute) associated with a particular map script (URL), which you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
IMG/ALIGN	Images with an alignment text string you specify in the Text String field. The ALIGN attribute specifies the image placement: center, left, or right. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
IMG/ALIGN Usage	Whether or not links to images that contain the ALIGN attribute of the IMG tag exist. Choose Absent in the Value field if you're searching for images that don't contain this attribute. Choose Consistent or Inconsistent in the Value field to see whether images that do contain this attribute use it consistently or not.
IMG/ALT	Images with the ALT text string you specify in the Text String field. The ALT string accommodates people who don't have a graphical browser or who have turned off graphics downloading. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
IMG/ALT Usage	Whether or not links to images that contain the ALT String attribute of the IMG tag exist. Choose Absent in the Value field if you're searching for images that don't contain this attribute. Choose Consistent or Inconsistent in the Value field to see whether images that do contain this attribute use it consistently or not.
IMG/HEIGHT	Images with the height (in pixels) you specify in the Value field.
IMG/HEIGHT Usage	Whether or not images that contain the HEIGHT attribute of the IMG tag exist. Choose Absent in the Value field if you're searching for images that don't contain this attribute. Choose Consistent or Inconsistent in the Value field to see whether images that do contain this attribute use it consistently or not.
IMG/LOWSRC	Whether or not images that are used as a lower resolution alternative exist.
IMG/SRC	Images that are "embedded" (inline) in the displayed HTML or note (images that are displayed along. Choose True (default) in the Value field to search for inline images, and False to search for images that are not inline.
IMG/WIDTH	Images with the width (in pixels) you specify in the Value field.
IMG/WIDTH Usage	Whether or not images that contain the WIDTH attribute of the IMG tag exist. Choose Absent in the Value field if you're searching for images that don't contain this attribute. Choose Consistent or Inconsistent in the Value field to see whether images that do contain this attribute use it consistently or not.

Gateways

If you choose Gateways as the object type, the following field becomes available in addition to the fields listed for All Objects. Content Analyzer searches only for gateways that match the search criteria.

Additional Field forGateways	Description (Searches for)
Method	Objects with a POST or GET method, which you enter in the Text String field. The method is how data entered in a form is passed to the CGI script for processing.

Internet Services

If you choose Internet Services as the object type, you can use the fields listed for All Objects; no additional fields become available. Content Analyzer searches only for Internet services that match the search criteria.

Other

If you choose Other as the object type, you can use the fields listed for All Objects; no additional fields become available. Content Analyzer searches only for other objects--audio files, PostScript files, WebMaps, and so on--that match the search criteria.

Links

If you choose Links as the object type, the only fields available are those shown in the following table.

Fields	Description (Searches for)
<all objects of type> (default)	All links. You don't need to enter any additional search criteria.
<all text fields>	Links with the text string you specify in the Text String field. Select Match Case if you want the text string capitalization to exactly match the searched items.
Broken	Whether or not links exist that point to an object that could not be found during exploration.
Hits	Links with the number of hits you specify in the Value field (for example, all objects with a hit count greater than 250). The hit counts are imported with usage data.
Hyperlink Text	Links that contain the specified text string in their hyperlink text (the text you click to jump to another Web page). For links to images, the ALT string (if present) is the hyperlink text.
Link URL	The text string you specify in the Text String field for the Link URL. The Link URL is most often relative (the path name is relative to the site's parent page), but can also be absolute (the full Internet address).
Offsite	Whether or not offsite links exist; that is, links that originate in one site and point to a resource in another site. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.
OnPage	Whether or not links exist that originate on a page and point to a resource on the same page. Choose True (default) or False in the Value field.

The Modifier List

In the Modifier list, choose which search modifier you want to apply. The field option you choose determines which modifiers are available. When you choose a text field, the default modifier is Contains. When you choose a numeric field, the default modifier is Equals.

Field Type	Search Modifier	Description
Text	Contains	The string is anywhere in the text field.
	Ends With	The string is at the end of the text field.
	Matches Exactly	The string is the entire text field.
	Starts With	The string is at the beginning of the text field.
Image attribute usage	Is	The field is the specified value (in the Value box).
	Is Not	The field is not the specified value (in the Value box)
Numeric	Equals	The field is equal to the specified value (in the Value box).
	Not Equal To	The field is not equal to the specified value.
	Greater Than	The field is greater than the specified value.
	Greater Than or Equal To	The field is greater than or equal to the specified value.
	Less Than	The field is less than the specified value
	Less Than or Equal To	The field is less than or equal to the specified value.
Boolean	Equals	The field is equal to the specified value of TRUE or FALSE.

The Text String/Value

Use the Text String/Value text box to do any of the following:

• Specify a text string if you're performing a text search.

  Note: You can type %domain instead of typing the domain name of the home site you mapped from. For example, Content Analyzer understands that %domain is a substitute for the home site domain name, www.microsoft.com. 

• Specify a numeric value if you're performing a numeric search.

• Specify Absent, Consistent, or Inconsistent if you're performing a Usage search.

• Choose True or False if you're performing a Boolean search.

Search Results Window Properties

The Search Results window shows the properties of objects and links that you've searched for. The following table lists all the object and link properties that can appear in the Search Results window.

Property Name	Value	Description	Applies to
A/HREF	True or False	Specifies whether or not the image is specified at least once in an anchor tag rather than in an IMG tag.	Images
Author	Text	Specifies the name of the person responsible for the object if the name appears in the Author field in the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box.	All Objects
BASE	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a BASE URL, which indicates where a page was originally located.	Pages
BASEFONT	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a BASEFONT attribute, which indicates the default font size for the page.	Pages
BODY/BACKGROUND	True or False	For pages, the BACKGROUND attribute specifies that an image be used as a window background (like wallpaper). For images, the BACKGROUND attribute specifies that the image itself is used as a background image for a page.	Pages/ImagPages
BODY/BGCOLOR	Text	Displays the hexadecimal equivalent of the RGB color value of the background color for the window, for example, #089394.	Pages
BGSOUND	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a BGSOUND attribute, which inserts an inline audio snippet into an HTML document.	Pages
Broken	True or False	For objects, specifies that the object itself is unavailable. For links, specifies the object the link points to is unavailable. (If an object is broken, all the links that point to that object are broken.)	Objects and Links
Links-Broken	Number	Displays the number of broken links on the page.	Pages
Date	Date	Displays a date if one appears in the Date field of the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box. The date format is retrieved from the Windows Regional Settings in the Control Panel.	All Objects
EMBED	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains an EMBED tag, which allows a variety of documents (such as audio and video) to be embedded in an HTML document.	Pages
Explore Status	Explored, Verified, Unverified, Unavailable, Robot Block	Specifies whether the object is explored, verified, unverified, unavailable, or robot-blocked. (See the glossary for definitions of these terms.)	All Objects
file name	Text	Displays the file name of the object. For example, in the URL https://www.microsoft.com/project/phase1.htm, the file name is phase1.htm.	All Objects
First Heading	Text	Displays the text in the first HTML heading (H1, H2, H3...) found on the page.	Pages
FORM	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a FORM tag, which allows user input on a document that contains fill-in areas, such as checkboxes, buttons, lists, menus, and so on.	Pages
FRAMESET	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a FRAMESET tag, which partitions a page into independent framed pages.	Pages
From file name	Text	Displays the file name of the page containing the link.	Links
From Label	Text	Displays the label of the page containing the link.	Links
From URL	Text	The full URL of the page containing the link.	Links
Hidden	True or False	Specifies whether or not the object is hidden. If the object is hidden, the information about the object appears in the Search Results window as disabled.	All Objects
Hidden Alt	True or False	Specifies whether or not the object's alternate routes are hidden. If the alternate routes are hidden, the information about them appears in the Search Results window dimmed.	All Objects
Hits	Number	If you imported usage data, displays the number of times this object was visited by people who visited the site, or the number of times a particular link between two objects was traveled.	Objects/Links
HTTP Status	Number	Displays the HTTP status code (for example, 404, which means the object was not found). For a list of HTTP status codes, see "Determining Why a Link Is Broken" in Chapter 7, "Managing Links."	All Objects
Hyperlink Text	Text	Displays the text the user clicks to activate the link or InLink.	All Objects
Imagemap URL	Text	Displays the URL of the map script associated with a server-side imagemap.	Images
IMG/ALIGN	Text	Displays the first instance of the text string in the IMG/ALIGN attribute (left, center, or right).	Images
IMG/ALIGN Usage	Absent, Consistent, Inconsistent	Specifies whether or not the ALIGN attribute is absent or present in the IMG tag, and if present, whether it is used in a consistent or inconsistent manner when the image is used multiple times.	Images
IMG/ALT	Text	Displays the first instance of the text string in the ALT attribute of the IMG tag.	Images
IMG/ALT Usage	Absent, Consistent, Inconsistent	Specifies whether or not the ALT attribute is absent or present in the IMG tag, and if present, whether it is used in a consistent or inconsistent manner when the image is used multiple times.	Images
IMG/HEIGHT	Number	Displays the height allocated to the image (by default, in pixels) in the first link to the image.	Images
IMG/HEIGHT Usage	Absent, Consistent, Inconsistent	Specifies whether or not the HEIGHT attribute is absent or present in the IMG tags, and if present, whether it is used in a consistent or inconsistent manner when the image is used multiple times.	Images
IMG/ISMAP	True or False	For pages, the ISMAP attribute means the page uses a server-side imagemap. For images, the ISMAP attribute means the image itself is used somewhere as a server-side imagemap.	Pages/Images
IMG/LOWSRC	True or False	Specifies whether or not the image has a LOWSRC attribute, which enables the image to have an alternative low resolution image.	Images
IMG/SRC	True or False	Specifies whether or not the image is embedded in the HTML document (an inline image), as opposed to an image that is displayed alone.	Images
IMG/USEMAP	True of False	For pages, the USEMAP attribute means the page uses a client-side imagemap. For images, the USEMAP attribute means the image itself is used somewhere as a client-side imagemap.	Pages/Images
IMG/WIDTH	Number	Displays the width allocated to the image (by default, in pixels) in the first link to the image.	Images
IMG/WIDTH Usage	Absent, Consistent, Inconsistent	Specifies whether or not the WIDTH attribute is absent or present in the IMG tags, and if present, whether it is used in a consistent or inconsistent manner when the image is used multiple times.	Images
InLinks	Number	Displays the number of links pointing into this object.	All Objects
InLinks-Offsite	Number	Displays the number of links from other sites pointing to this object.	All Objects
InLinks-Onsite	Number	Displays the number of links from the same site pointing to this object.	All objects
InLinks-Referrals	Number	Displays the number of distinct offsite URLs (which were imported with usage data) that link to the selected object.	All Objects
ISINDEX	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains an ISINDEX tag, which enables pages with gateway scripts to be examined with a keyword search.	Pages
Label	Text	Displays the object's label, as currently used in the Tree and Cyberbolic views. This can be a variety of things, including the hypertext link.	All Objects
Language	C, Perl, Visual Basic	The programming language the gateway script is written in. This property contains data only if you specified a language in the Gateway tab of the Properties dialog box.	Gateways
Level	Number	Displays the level in the Tree view where this object exists. The home page is considered level 1, its children are level 2, and so on.	All Objects
Link URL	Text	Displays the link URL of the object the link points to, as specified in the anchor (or other) tag. The link URL is most often relative (the path name is relative to the site's parent page), but can also be absolute (the full Internet address).	All Objects
Links	Number	Displays the number of all links on this page.	Pages
Links-Offsite	Number	Displays the number of links that point to other pages or objects in another site.	Pages
Links-OnPage	Number	Displays the number of links that point to the same page where the link originates.	Pages
Links-Onsite	Number	Displays the number of links that point to other pages or objects in this site.	Pages
Load Size	Number	Displays the page's load size. Load size is the file size of the page itself plus the combined sizes of all inline resources.	Pages
Local Path	Text	Displays the complete local directory path and file name. The local path is only available if you've mapped from a file or have performed a site copy.	All Objects
Location	Onsite, OnPage, or Offsite	Specifies whether the link or InLink originates on the same site (Onsite), points to a destination on the same page (OnPage), or originates on another site (Offsite).	Links
MARQUEE	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a MARQUEE tag, which allows a text string to be scrolled horizontally on the page.	Pages
Method	Text	Displays POST or GET. The method is the process by which data entered in a form is passed to the CGI script for processing.	Gateways
META	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains one or more META tags. META tags provide a place to put meta-information or notes. META tag data can also be imported into the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box. See "Using META Tag Data in Your Maps" in Chapter 8, "Site Management Tips & Techniques," for more information.	Pages
MIME Type	Text	Displays the object's MIME type. For example, image/gif or text/html.	All Objects
Modified Date	Date	Displays the object's last-modified date.	All Objects
Name	Text	Displays the object's name. By default, Name is the value of the HTML TITLE tag for pages; there is no default for other objects.	All objects
NOFRAMES	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a NOFRAMES tag, for people who have browsers that don't understand the FRAMESET or FRAME tags.	Pages
Notes	Text	Displays the Notes text if text appears in the Notes field in the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box.	All Objects
OBJECT	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains an OBJECT tag, which contains meta-data about other URLs.	Pages
Order on Page	Number	Displays the order in which the link appears on its parent page.	Links
Private Notes	Text	Displays the Private Notes text if text appears in the Private Notes field in the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box.	All Objects
META/REFRESH	True of False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a REFRESH tag, which specifies automatic page updating.	Pages
Return Type	Page, URL, URL/Page	Displays the type of response the particular gateway uses. This property contains data only if you specified a return type in the Gateway tab of the Properties dialog box.	Gateways
Route Type	Main, Alternate	Specifies whether the link is on either a main route (black text) or an alternate route (green text).	Links
SCRIPT	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a SCRIPT tag, which enables an HTML document to include program scripts, such as JavaScript.	Pages
Size	Number	Displays the size of an object, specified in bytes.	All except Internet Services
Source Path	Text	Displays the object's source path if the source path appears in the Source Path field of the Annotations tab of the Properties dialog box.	All Objects
STYLE	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a STYLE tag, which specifies a style sheet.	Pages
TABLE	True or False	Specifies whether or not the page contains a TABLE tag, which specifies a table layout.	Pages
Title	Text	The specified string in the HTML TITLE tag (the default name for pages).	Pages
Unverified	True or False	Specifies whether or not an attempt has been made to verify an object's availability.	All Objects
URL	Text	Displays the fully-resolved URL, including the protocol and domain name.	All Objects
URL Path	Text	Displays the URL path, which is everything after the domain name.	All Objects