Syntax search: Switching from Presse-Monitor to MediaHub

Modified on Wed, 15 Oct at 11:06 AM

If you were already a user of the previous PMG Presse-Monitor platform, your existing saved searches were automatically transferred to the new MediaHub platform when it was launched. However, there are some differences in how the MediaHub works and in the search syntax.

In most cases, your search in MediaHub will be similar to your search in Presse-Monitor. However, if you notice anything unusual in your search or the hits list, you may need to manually adjust your search. Compare the two search platforms described here and adjust your search if necessary.

Boolean search operators

	Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
AND	and, & (ampersand), space	AND, and
OR	or, \| (vertical line)	OR, or
NOT	not	NOT, not
exclusive OR	Not available	XOR
Accumulator	'	OR, or

Use of special characters

MediaHub does not support searches for special characters. The exceptions are the special characters listed below and the reserved characters.

Keywords that contain unsupported special characters are divided into several keywords and treated as an AND combination.

The following special characters are considered during the MediaHub search process:

Reserved characters for the MediaHub syntax search

=	Used for field search (attributes)
*	Placeholder – any number of search characters
!	Placeholder – any search character
:	Placeholder – no search characters or a single search character
~	Fuzzy search. Examples: ~word ... keyword may differ by 1 character ~~word ... keyword may differ by 2 characters
“	Limitation for phrases. Example: “here is my sentence” searches for this sequence of words
‘	Limitation to distinguish between upper and lower cases. Example: ‘MAN’

Placeholders (wildcards)

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
* or %	*	Any number of search characters
-	!	any search character
Not available	:	No search characters or a single search character

Prefixes

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
+	AND	Combining two keywords using AND
-	NOT	Excluding a keyword using NOT
>	‘Keyword’	Precise keyword search

Stem search (stemming or lemmatisation)

For stem searches, the keyword is reduced to its root form and then PMG MediaMonitor searches for words derived from this root.

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
Keyword	Keyword	Without stem search
$Keyword	STEM.1(keyword)	With stem search

Closely related terms (NEAR)

The default value for the maximum word distance in Presse-Monitor was 8. In MediaHub, any word distance can be specified by entering a number, but the default is also set to 8.

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
Goethe NEAR Faust	NEAR.8(Goethe, Faust)

Case sensitivity (upper/lowercase)

If the case sensitivity of a keyword is to be taken into account, the ‘Exact match’ search function should be used.

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
>MAN	‘MAN’

Fields (attributes) in syntax search

The fields (attributes) in the syntax search option are identical in Presse-Monitor and MediaHub and have the same names. The following changes apply:

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
Lead	EINLEITUNG	Introduction/lead of the article
Article Content Text	INHALT	MediaHub: Content of the article as plain text (for searching) Presse-Monitor: Article: Searches in the article’s headline and all additional information Presse-Monitor: Content: Limits the search to the headline, introduction and body copy Presse-Monitor: Text: Limits the search to the article’s body copy
Not available	WORTANZAHL	Number of words in the body copy
Author	AUTOR_NAME	The author’s full name
Not available	AUTOR_ID	The author’s ID (not initials)
Caption	BESCHREIBUNG	Caption as plain text
Photo credits	CREDIT	Name of the photographer or photo owner
Photo	BESCHREIBUNG	Limits the search to the photo information (in MediaHub, this is part of the DESCRIPTION)

Comparison search operators for attribute searches

Presse-Monitor	MediaHub
= (headline = Hamburg)	= (TITEL= Hamburg)	Is the same; the Hamburg value must appear in the headline
! = (headline! = Berlin)	NOT TITEL= BERLIN	Is NOT the same; the Berlin value may not appear in the headline