How to Correct a Boolean Search Error?
Your Boolean query has a syntax problem Evaboot can’t parse — usually a company name with brackets that needs quotes.
Evaboot checks the Boolean query in your Sales Navigator search before exporting it, and tells you when it cannot be parsed. Sales Navigator itself stays silent about this, so the error is usually the first sign anything is wrong.
Why it matters
Section titled “Why it matters”A malformed Boolean has two consequences:
- Your search is not returning the leads you think it is. Sales Navigator applies what it managed to parse, not what you meant.
- Evaboot cannot run lead filtering on it, so the exported file gets no match verdict.
How to fix it
Section titled “How to fix it”- Use only
AND,OR,NOTas operators, in capitals. - Pair every quote —
"opens and closes. - Pair every parenthesis —
(opens and closes.
Then relaunch the search.
The usual cause: brackets inside a company name
Section titled “The usual cause: brackets inside a company name”Around 90% of these errors come from a company name that contains parentheses or special characters. The search reads those brackets as Boolean grouping.
Wrap the name in quotes:
- Breaks:
Example & friends (Limited Company) - Works:
"Example & friends (Limited Company)"