wildcard
No special wildcard characters are necessary.
Wildcard searching happens automatically in the following ways:
- For text search fields (such as keyword, exact phrase,
and exclude word), automatic wildcard searching happens at the end of the
word.
When you enter a minimum of three consecutive characters, the search
retrieves items that begin with the characters in the order entered. For
example:
- Enter batter to retrieve battery
and batteries.
- Enter manag to retrieve management, manager,
and managing.
- Automatic wildcard searching does not happen at the beginning
of a text field. That is, if you enter attery you will not
retrieve battery.
- For part number search fields (such as supplier part
number and manufacturer part number), automatic wildcard searching happens
at the beginning and end of the string. When you enter a minimum of three
consecutive alphanumeric characters, the search retrieves all part numbers
that contain the alphanumeric characters in the order entered. For
example:
- Enter 343555 to retrieve 343555, 3343555,
3435556, and an infinite number of items containing 343555.
- This will not retrieve 343, 355, or 555
because only part numbers containing the entire sequence of search numbers
will match.
- You cannot search for numbers such as 35 because a minimum
of three consecutive alphanumeric characters are required.
Notes:
- By default, you must enter a minimum
of three consecutive characters, but your company can set a different
minimum. See your system administrator for more information.
- To find a single part number, enter the part number in quotes. For
example: "123-456”.
- A trailing "s” is omitted from wildcard text searches that
contain at least 4 characters. For example: a search for pencils
would retrieve number 5 pencil.
- Punctuation marks such as dashes, quotes, percent signs, asterisks,
and parentheses are disregarded unless they are part of a search string
that you enter in quotation marks.
See also stem.
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