Performing an Advanced Search

Perform an advanced search to find reports with specific names, notes, dimensions, and so on.

To open the Advanced search dialog, do one of the following:

Click the arrow button for More search options and select Advanced search .
Select Tools menu > Search > Advanced search.

Search fields:

By default, all searchable fields are selected. To limit your search to one or more of the searchable fields, select them from the Search fields list.

Word Search:

Select the Word Search option button to perform any of the following word searches:

With all of the words
With the exact phrase
With at least one of the words
Without the words

An entry must be made in at least one of the fields.

Pattern Searching:

Select the Pattern Searching option button to perform pattern searching. The following wildcard patterns are supported:

Character	Description
%	Any string of zero or more characters.
_ (underscore)	Any single character.
[] (square brackets)	Any single character within the specified range ([a-f]) or set ([abcdef]).
[^]	Any single character not within the specified range ([^a-f]) or set ([^abcdef]).

Examples

Pattern	Match
%computer%	"computer" anywhere in the field text.
_ ean	4-letter field text ending in "_ean" (Dean, Sean, etc.)
[C-P]arsen	Field text ending in "arsen" and starting with any single character between C and P (Carsen, Larsen, Karsen, etc.).
De[^\|]%	Field Text starting in "De" where the following character is not "\|"