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Delimiter |
Description |
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All |
Selects all data. |
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Equal to |
Selects data for which the database field is equal to the exact data entered in the search field. |
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Not equal to |
Selects data for which the database field is not equal to the criterion entered in the search field. This could be useful for a status search, when status does not equal ”complete.” |
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Less than |
Selects data that is less than the data entered in the search field. Data is searched in alphabetic or numeric order, starting at the beginning of the text or numeric string. For example, in searching for a patient name, you select the is less than delimiter with the last name Doe, the search returns any patient name that begins with D, C, B, A and any names that begin with Do, Dn, Dm etc., In a case number search, if you ask for cases less than 30, the search returns any cases numbers that begin with 2 or 1, including 29, 11, 100, 20000, 2324, 1120 etc. |
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Greater Than |
Selects data that is greater than the data entered in the search field. Data is searched in alphabetic or numeric order, starting at the beginning of the text or numeric string. For example, if you search for patient names greater than Mary, the search returns any patient name that begins with M, N, O, P, etc., Mb, Mc, etc., Maq, Map etc., Marx, Marw etc. |
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Contains |
The contains delimiter allows you to search based on one or more characters that you enter. For example, if you type the letter E, the eSlide Manager database returns a list of physician names that contain that letter from which to choose. |
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Between |
The between delimiter allows you to search for all fields that match the two search entries and all data that lies between them alphabetically. For example, entering Dr. Allen Feldman and Dr. Bob Jones as the entries to search between, returns: Dr. Allen Feldman Dr. Beth Edwards Dr. Bob Allen Dr. Bob Jones |