Basic Search
The Compliance.ai search tool allows users to find documents by entering text and using predefined filters. This document provides examples of how to properly use Compliance.ai’s Search and Filters to find the most pertinent documents efficiently.
Agency, Doc Types, Keywords, and Phrases
Example 1: The user would like to see enforcement documents from the SEC that mention a Suspicious Activity Report.
Rather than typing in the search bar: “SEC enforcements SAR,” the user will apply an agency source Filter for “SEC” and document type filter to select Enforcement actions, then add the phrase or keyword to the “Text is” filter or the search bar.
Example 2: For an even more focused search result, the user has the same filters shown above, but now applies quotations around the phrase in their search. By applying quotes, the user is telling Compliance.ai
to only return documents that mention the complete phrase “Suspicious Activity Report” together, in that order.
OR
Example 3: In this format, the user is indicating they want to see documents that include either “Suspicious Activity Report” OR (the acronym) SAR. Now Compliance.ai will look for any occurrence of an
SEC Enforcement document that has at least one of those keywords mentioned in the document. The use of “OR” in the search bar must be capitalized.
AND
Example 4: Now the user is looking for a document that has all of the criteria in the previous examples, but also mentions the phrase, “money laundering.” This will return search results for SEC Enforcement
documents that mention either Suspicious Activity Report or SARs AND money laundering. The use of “AND” in the search bar must be capitalized.
Citations, CFR and State Code
Example 1: The user is looking for a particular mention of, “title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act” or 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq, in any recently published document. No document type or additional filter is required. However, we recommend searching for “USC” rather than “U.S.C.”
OR
Example 2: In this case, the user would like to find documents that mention either “15 USC 1601” or “12 CFR Part 226” using “OR” in addition to the quotations around each citation, the results will return documents that mention at least one of those citations.
AND
Example 3: The user is looking for documents that reference a combination of a citation or act and the federal code. As shown in the example below, you can apply a combination of AND, OR, with parentheses, and Filters for specific search results.
