Query processing is started by pressing the Search button in the lower right corner of the TIGERSearch window, or pressing the Search button in the button toolbar, or selecting the Search item in the Query menu of the TIGERSearch window.
Figure: Starting query processing
The query processing progress window will keep you informed about the current status of query processing (cf. screenshot). Pressing the Cancel button will stop query processing. The matching corpus graphs found up to this point will be displayed by the GraphViewer (cf. section 7).
Figure: The query processing progress window
A common error that might occur during query processing is a syntax error detected by the query parser. In this case, a message window will be displayed that informs you about the error type (cf. screenshot). After pressing the OK button, the cursor will automatically jump to the error position.
Figure: Handling of syntax errors
When query processing has finished, the matching corpus graphs will be displayed by the GraphViewer (cf. screenshot and section 7 for a detailed description). You can also view the matches in the statistics mode (cf. section 8) or export your favourite matches using the export module (cf. section 9).
Figure: Query results