Our Topic Finder acts as a Search Engine across our platform and it's really simple to use. Want to know what your players think about a certain amenity in your game? Enter its name into the search box and click "Go To Topic".
However, did you know that there's more that can be done with the Topic Finder? You can use a custom query language to perform more complex searches on the data.
OR Statements
The first of the more advanced searches is the OR search. The OR search allows you to chain together terms to group them into one single set of search results. This will create a set of results where any of the terms listed must be present in the interactions for them to be included in your results.
AND Statements:
The second of our more advanced features, the AND search, allows you to force the interactions included in your search results to have to include all terms listed in your search query. This is great for finding specific feedback on gameplay features for specific parts of your game.
NOT Statements:
The NOT search allows you to force interactions in your search results that exclude specific terms listed in your search query. This is so you can remove specific terms or features in your game from your search results if you want to see how data is impacted without a specific amenity.
( ) Statements:
The final advanced search feature in the Topic Finder is ( ) search. The ( ) search is another way for you to search for two possible variants of a topic, whether this is spelling or multiple terms related to a specific feature in your game. This is so you can cover multiple ways a feature may be mentioned in interactions so that all interactions related to your search are in the search results.
Combining Search Queries:
With our flexible search area, you can combine multiple of the above statements to build powerful search queries. If we consider an example where a game has released two recent updates, and in both, they have tweaked a certain map and want to use Player XP to track player sentiment and reaction over time.
Well, with the custom search query system, that's straightforward, all they would need to do is use the query: [Update Name 1] & [Map Name], [Update Name 2] & [Map Name]
This would split the query into two and perform two searches on either side of the comma, with all of the results returned into a single Custom Topic page.