Searching is not case sensitive. If you enter the keyword Blue, the search returns items that contain Blue or blue.

Wildcard searching is automatic when you enter the correct number of characters before searching. Enter three consecutive characters for text searches and three consecutive alphanumeric characters for part number searches.

For text searches, enter a minimum of three characters and a maximum of 200 characters.

To remove a search field from the current display, click Options to display the Options pull-down menu and deselect the option.

When adding contract items to an invoice, use any of these search fields to narrow the list of available items:

• Keywords (And): find items whose descriptions contain all keywords entered.
• Keywords (Or): find items whose descriptions contain any keywords entered.
• Exact Phrase: find items whose descriptions contain the text exactly as you entered it.
• Exclude Words: omit items whose descriptions contain any of the specified words. Use a space to separate words to exclude from the search.
• Supplier Part #: find items whose supplier part number matches the value entered. You can also use a stem search to find supplier part numbers.
• Mfg. Part #: find items whose manufacturing part number matches the value entered.
• Price: find items in a specific price range. Enter the upper or lower limit, or enter both upper and lower limits to narrow the results set. The correct currency format is applied to your entry, based on your default currency.
• ETA (days):find items whose estimated time of arrival falls within the number of days entered.
• Contract ID: select a contract from the pull-down menu that contains items to add to the invoice.
• Contract (select): select a contract from the chooser that contains items to add to the invoice.
• Hazardous Materials: find items whose hazardous material value matches the selected value.
• Supplier: find items from the selected supplier.
• Manufacturer: find items from the selected manufacturer.
• Type Name: find items with parametric data of a particular type.
  • Select the name from the Type Name pull-down menu to display the additional search fields.
  • Enter the additional parametric type attribute values before you search.
• When you display parametric data fields, the Type Name field is locked and highlights to indicate that your search is confined to items of that type. Click the lock to unlock the search.
• Language: find items listed in the selected language (when a contract contains multi-language items).