Neural Code Search returns no results

[hovek]

Software

Desktop Application

Operating System / Platform

Windows

Your Pieces OS Version

11.0.3

Early Access Program

• Yes, this is related to an Early Access Program feature.

Kindly describe the bug and include as much detail as possible on what you were doing so we can reproduce the bug.

I have four materials entered since a few days ago and NCS type search never returns anything.

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[mark-at-pieces]

Hey @hovek thank you for reaching out to support. We have received a few tickets about search in the past, and I can speak first-hand in saying that our search in Pieces needs an upgrade. (we have a search upgrade planned for the End of the Quarter).

That being said our current search can be a bit confusing but here is a bit of rundown on what we have and when you may want to use the various searching methods.

NCS search: This is used to match semantic meaning of the code itself for instance 'print statement', or 'loop for iteration'. Another way to think about this is to search for what the code snippet does or what it is doing. I use NCS when I want to find similar code, or if I'm looking for a specific topic. NCS will NOT search character for character, i.e. if you are looking for a snippet that contains 'xzy' then you are better off using FTS. Also note: NCS is extremely fast.

FTS search: This is most likely what you were expecting, and does exactly what you think it does. For instance in your query, if you typed 'xyz' and you have 'xyz' in your code snippet this should show up as a result. FTS will ONLY search the content of your snippet, so tags/titles, related links will NOT be searched here.(however blended will)

Blended search: This search method will search the content of your snippets + all the metadata, titles/tags/related links/annotations/...etc. and leverage a Fuzzy search to find what you are looking for based on your query.

I tend to jump around between NCS + Blended search but everyone is different.

Thank you again for reaching out to support, we will be working on a major upgrade to searching here in the coming months best!