To use property names in Lucene searches, the property names must not contain blanks. So if the search is restricted to user stories with just one story point, use this:

StoryPoints = "1" 

Template authors may use the $[...] marker to translate the property name to its normalized form:

$[Story Points] = "1" 

This is especially useful if the labels are provided by localized resource bundles. In this case the template author has not to bother, if the name contains spaces or not.

If the result set should contain only documents where one property matches the value of a property of the current document, use the ${...} placeholder to reference the property in the current document.

$[Story Points] = ${Magic Value}

For the example, the result set will only contain documents, that have the Story Point property set to a value matching that of the Magic Value property of the document the search is part of.

$[Story Points] = $\{Magic Value\}

If the result should be an exact match query, use the following pattern:

$<Story Points> = [Magic Value]

In case the value is not a constant, you may also use a reference to the property of the document:

$<Story Points> = [${Magic Value}]

Since version 1.9 it is possible to escape special characters with a backslash (\).

$<Name> = [My Name \(with brackets\)]

To escape the escape character also use the escape character.

$<Name> = [My Name \\ containing a slash]

Since version 2.0 of the projectdoc Toolbox Deep Links are supported for property references (on the right side) as an experimental features.

$<Story Points> = [${Master->Ref Story Points}]

Note that you cannot use deep links on the left side of the where clause. Read Materialize Properties for more information on this.

If you need to constrain the search result to documents with a given ancestor, you can take advantage of artificial properties like AncestorNames and AncestorIds.

$<AncestorNames> = [This Root Page]

Or you could constrain the search result by the current page.

$<AncestorIds> = [${Page ID}]

For some type of properties it is useful to query for a given value or its ancestors. E.g. if you want to have all documents relevant for the Quick Response Team (QRT), a role derived from Ops, you may want to collect all documents marked with either QRT or Ops.

$<Audience> = ^QRT^

This is not only a shortcut for not listening all parents. If you add the following to the role template, the document will show all documents relevant for the role:

$<Audience> = ^${Name}^

Note that in the above example Audience is a property of a document that refers to documents of type Role. The hierarchy is defines on role documents. It may be confusing for new uses if they assume that the hierarchy is defined on the document containing the the Audience property.

If you need to search the hierarchy down the tree, use "°" instead of "^". So "°" stands for downstream, "^" for upstream search.