Searches: Wildcards

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Use wildcards to quickly find what you are looking for.

Wildcard

How It Works

Asterisk (*)

Searches for records that contain what you are searching for. Example: *tom will find Bottom and Tomato. 

Percent sign (%)

Searched for records that begin or end with search term. Example, %tom find bottom, tom% finds tomato.

Equal sign (=)

Searches for values that equals what you entered.

Exclamation and Asterisk (!*)

Searches for records that don't contain what you enter. Example: !*tom will result any record without tom in it. 

Exclamation and Percent (!%)

Searches for records that don't end with the search term. Example: !*tom will show any record without 'tom' in it. 

Exclamation and Equal (!=)

Searches for records that don't equal what you entered. Example: !*tom will result any record without tom in it.