/ is a special case

The symbol / is not recognized by search engines and so this has an impact on the way it can be included in a query. 

/ is often used in to refer to legislation, for example the core legislation regulating the approval of pesticides on the EU market is Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009.  So in order to track any changes to or implications of this legislation the string "1107/2009" needs to go into a query.

How to include / in a Digimind query

In this first example 1007/2009 has been added to an agent as a query.  The query was then tested and the result is that the query has correct syntax.

However, this query will not actually bring back any results.  This is due to the /, which cannot be understood by search engines.

Using " " creates a syntax error

When " " are added around 1007/2009 you will see the following error message showing that there is a syntax error:

So obviously this query will not bring back any results either.

A simple solution

To get around this, use a space to replace the /, for example:

You can then combine this with other keywords to create a query that matches your needs and the sources you have chosen to track.

For example: