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Find a Range of Information

You can find ranges of information, such as all records that contain a field value that is greater or less than a number, or between two particular dates.

How to Find a Range of Information

 A range is different based on the data type:

To find ranges of information

  1. Start a find request.

  2. Refer to the following table for examples of different ways to search for a range of information.

To find values that are

Use this operator

Examples

Less than a specified value

<

<40
<9/7/2010
<M

Less than or equal to a specified value

<= or

<=95129
≤05:00:00
<=M

Greater than a specified value

>

>95129
>9/7/2010
>M

Greater than or equal to a specified value

>= or ≥

>=100
>=9/7/2010
≥8:00
≥M

Within the range you specify

.. or …
(two or three periods)

12:30…17:30
1/1/2009..6/6/2010
A…M
Mon..Fri

Within the sub-range you specify

{..} or {…}
(two or three periods)

7/{1…15}/2010
{1..3}/{10..16}/2010
12:{30..45}
{7…9}:15 PM

Based only on certain date or time components such as month, year, or minutes (see more examples below)

* or type nothing for each component you don’t want to specify

3/*/2010
2/*
2010 *:30 PM

 

  1. When you’ve entered the find criteria that you want, click Perform Find in the status toolbar, or choose Requests > Perform Find.

Notes on Ranges

Examples of searching for Dates, Times, and Timestamps

To find dates

Type this in the field

In June 2010

6/2010

From July 2009 through October 2010

7/2009…10/2010

That occur on a Friday

=Friday

From the 10th through the 16th of October or November 2010

{10..11}/{10..16}/2010

That occur on March 1st between 1868 and 1912 in the Japanese Emperor Year era of Meiji

m*/3/1

That occur on December 31st between 1930 and 1940 in the Japanese Emperor Year era of Showa

S{5..15}+12+31

 

To find times

Type this in the field

In the 3 o’clock hour, not including 4:00 PM

3 PM

Between 8:00 AM and 8:59:59 PM

8 AM…8 PM

In the morning

AM

Any of the times 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 PM

{4..6}:30 PM

 

To find timestamps

Type this in the field

In the 3 o’clock hour today

// 3 PM

In the 7 o’clock hour in May 2007

5/2007 7 PM

That occur on a Monday in 2010

=Mon 2010

From the 10th through the 16th of November 2010 and from 3:00 PM to less than 6:00 PM

11/{10..16}/2010 {3..5} PM

 

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