Searching Problem

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  • January 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM #50344

    Glen Forister
    Participant

    I have a problem with making a search on a FORM with 334 records.

    I am searching for text in the FIELD “Study”. Using “does contain”
    If I search for Gary I get 40 records
    If I search for Jerry I get 16 records.

    If I search for Gary OR Jerry I get 55 records – which is correct because one record has both names.

    If I search for the the following using “does not contain” I get the following.
    Searching for Gary OR Jerry I get 333 records.

    What am I doing wrong? look at the attached picture.

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    January 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM #50346

    Brendan
    Keymaster

    Hi Glen,

    Add the same Study field again by clicking the + button and do a second rule instead of combining them all into one rule.

    And since you have Any selected, then Tap Forms will do an OR comparison of the records.

    Thanks,

    Brendan

    January 20, 2024 at 7:40 AM #50347

    Glen Forister
    Participant

    Not true.  It will only work if I select “All”.  “Any” doesn’t work.

    That section in the manual about All and Any and when you use “OR” doesn’t make any sense unless you know what it is supposed to say I guess.  Some examples might get across the idea of the functions.

    I finally got it to work using separate lines of commands and “ALL”.

    January 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM #50354

    Brendan
    Keymaster

    I’m glad you got it working.

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