Search

The Search form is used to search Filings, Tariff Record Versions, and Tariff Content within a Tariff Database on the application server to which the user is connected.

The fields that are searched are:

Filing

Title
Docket Number
Comments

Tariff Record Version

Description
Title
Narrative Name
Section Number
Comments

Tariff Content

Plain text version of Tariff Record Version content

: Figure 1:Search form

: Figure 2:Filing search restuls (click image for larger view)

: Figure 3:Tariff Record Version search results (click image for larger view)

Fields

Tariff: Select the Tariff in which you wish to search. If you do not select a Tariff, only Filings will be searched.
What would you like to search forn/a: Search term(s) for which you wish to search
Search Mode: Select Basic or Advanced

FILINGS GRID

Rank: An arbitrary score assigned by the search algorithm. A higher rank indicates a better match to the search criteria than a lower rank.
Filing Title: Title of the Filing
Status: Status of the Filing: Draft, Filed, or Complete
FERC Filing Date: Date the Filing will be/was filed with FERC
Docket Number: Docket number of the Filing
Filing Type: Type of Filing in the form of (1) the Code, followed by (2) the Description, followed by (3) the Type (in curly braces)
FERC Filing Id: This is the Filing identifier that is sent to FERC when the Filing is filed.

TRVS GRID

Rank: An arbitrary score assigned by the search algorithm. A higher rank indicates a better match to the search criteria than a lower rank.
Record Number: Record Number of the Tariff Record Version
Version: Version number of the Tariff Record Version
Description: Description of the Tariff Record Version
Title: Title of the Tariff Record Version
Narrative Name: Narrative Name of the Tariff Record Version
Option: Option letter of the Tariff Record Version. Refer to FERC's OSEC eTariff Implementation Guide for complete details about options.
Filing: The display name of the Filing in which the Tariff Record Version resides.
Effective Date: Effective date of the Tariff Record Version within the Filing.
Response: FERC's response to the filing of the Tariff Record Version: Approved, Approved Subject to Conditions, Effective, Pending, Rejected, Suspended, Draft, Overtaken by Events, Pro Forma Ordered, Withdrawn, or Retired. If the Tariff Record Version is included in more than one filing, the field will display "<multiple>".
Comments: Displays an icon for Tariff Record Versions that have comments. Hover the mouse over the icon to read the comments.
Change Type: The type of change that was requested for the Tariff Record Version within the Filing: New, Change, Pro Forma, Withdraw, or Cancel. If the Tariff Record Version is included in more than one Filing, the field will display "<multiple>".
File As: The type of document (RTF or PDF) that will be filed as the Tariff Record Version's content. If the Tariff Record Version is included in more than one filing, the field will display "<multiple>".

Basic Search

A basic search consists of any text, including words, phrases, or sentences. TariffShark will list Filings and TRVs found to contains the search term(s).

Terms or phrases enclosed in double quotes are taken literally and no inflectional forms are generated. For instance, searching for "tariff shark" (including the quotes) will match only results with the exact phrase "tariff shark" whereas without the quotes any combination of the two words and their inflectional forms (e.g. tariffs, sharks) will be returned followed by matches of each word individually.

Noise Words/Stopwords

These are common tokens that are considered useless or nearly useless in search applications and thus eliminated from the search. These include tokens that are either too short (e.g., "a", "I", "1") or tokens that occur too frequently to add value to a search (e.g. "the", "is", "this").

Example

this is the tariff

Advanced Search

Boolean Logic

The keywords "AND", "AND NOT", or "OR" can be used to apply Boolean logic to search terms

Example

tariff AND NOT shark

Prefix Searches

The wild-card asterisk symbol "*" can be used to perform a prefix search. Results are produced based upon any words within containing the specified prefix. The search token must be enclosed in double quotes for the server to recognize it as a prefix search term.

Example

"tar*"

Proximity Searches

Using the keyword "NEAR" (or the "~" operator) between two search terms performs a proximity search in which the number of intervening words between terms is factored into the rank of results that contain both terms.

Examples

tariff NEAR shark
tariff ~ shark

Inflectional Searches

Different forms of a word can be searched for by using the "FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL,<search_term>)" function. Language-specific rules and dictionary lookups are used to generate inflectional word forms which include verb conjugations, plural and singular nouns, and adjective forms. For instance, specifying the search term "swim" will result in a search being performed for each of the following "swim", "swims", "swimming", "swam", and "swum".

Example

FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, sharks)

Weighted Searches

The ability to associate higher preference for certain search terms over others can be achieved by using the ISABOUT function with the WEIGHT keyword. The higher the weight of the term (between 0.0 and 1.0) the greater preference the match will be given.

Example