Is using TERM() the same as searching for something in quotes?

[splunkin11]

Is using TERM() the same as searching for something in quotes, in that the search is not checking letter by letter, but rather the entire string?

[sundareshr · Accepted solution]

Here's some good documentation on this.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Search/Usethesearchcommand#Use_CASE.28.29_and_TERM...

TERM() operator treatS whatever is inside the parenthesis as a single term in the index.