Custom Search Fields allows you to search
for your keywords within multiple document fields at the same time, and allows
you to narrow your search to specific document fields within an article. These
include headline, lead paragraph, descriptors, and source name.
You may have up to 25 custom search field lists and each can have a name of up
to 25 characters. Each Custom Search Fields list can have up to 30
document fields selected. The following table explains what each available field
contains.
| CUSTOM SEARCH FIELDS IN
FACTIVA.COM |
| Field Name
|
Field Tag
|
Description
|
| Accession Number |
AN |
Unique number assigned to document |
| Author |
BY |
Author's name |
| Art |
ART |
Captions, descriptions of graphics,
etc. |
| Column |
CLM |
Column Name |
| Contact |
CT |
Contract name for additional
information |
| Correction |
CX |
Area to describe or append corrections |
| Credit |
CR |
Credit information |
| Descriptors* |
DE |
All Descriptors |
| Dow Jones Ticker Symbol* |
CO |
Company ticker symbol |
| Edition |
ED |
Edition of Publication |
| Factiva Company Codes** |
FDS |
Factiva Company codes |
| Headline |
HD |
Headline |
| Headline Group |
HL |
Includes HD, SE, CLM |
| Headline/Lead Paragraph Group |
HLP |
Includes HD, SE, CLM, LP, CX |
| Industry Code |
IN |
Industry codes |
| Language Code |
LA |
Document Language |
| Lead Paragraphs |
LP |
First two paragraphs of a story |
| Page |
PG |
Page of a publication |
| Publisher Name |
PUB |
Publisher of a publication |
| Notes/Reference |
RF |
Notes associated with an article |
| Region Code |
RE |
Geographic Region codes |
| Reuters Instrument Code* |
RIC |
Reuters Codes |
| Section |
SE |
Section name |
| Source Restrictor Code |
RST |
Publication source code |
| Source Group Restrictor Code |
RST |
Publication group code |
| Source Name |
SN |
Publication name |
| Subject Code |
NS |
Subject codes |
| Text |
TD |
Text of article after lead paragraphs |
| Volume |
VOL |
Volume and/or Number of publication |
| Word Count |
WC |
All words found in the Headline and
Text groups |
| Group Name |
NGC |
Publication Group Name |
* Searchable fields, but not displayable
fields in articles; limited to supplemental descriptive terms provided by
some Information Providers. Note DE= is not recommended as a stand alone
search.
** Factiva Company Codes are searchable
using the fds field tag, but are displayed in the CO field.
Notes:
- If you select a Custom Search Fields format that contains only
one field name, you will not need to use the related field tag. For example,
if you select a Custom Search Fields format to search in only the
Author field, you will not need to use BY= in front of the
author's name.
- Your search strategy will continue to work if it contains sc=, the
previously used source code field tag. But please be aware that rst= will
appear in the Free text search box whenever you add sources or Factiva
Intelligent IndexingTM using the
blue arrow icon to the right of each source or indexing term.
