Search Commands for FileMaker

Claris/FileMaker contains several search commands to help find information in the system. 

These symbols are exceptionally helpful in areas such as inventory when the ability to find anything on hand greater than zero is needed.

These search commands are not programmable by Pacific Solutions as they are hard coded by Claris/FileMaker


Looking for
Symbol
Definition
Example
Less Than
<
Less than a specified value for alpha/numeric/date
Less than 20: <20
Greater Than
>
Greater than a specified value for alpha/numeric/date
Greater than 20: >20
Less than or equal to
<=
Less than or equal to a specified value for alpha/numeric/date
Less than or equal to 20: <=20
Greater than or equal to
>=
Greater than or equal to a specified value for alpha/numeric/date
Greater than or equal to 20: >=20
Exact Match
=
Specified whole words
"Interiors" located in all names: =interiors
Range
...
Data within a specified range
Created between 1/1 and 1/31 2014: 1/1/14...1/31/14
Duplicate
!
Multiple Exact Matches
duplicate entries: !
Today's Date
//
current date stamp in the search field
All items created today: //
One Character
@
Wild Card Character
Find Grey and Gray in customer names: gr@y
Zero or Unknown Characters
*
Variable Characters in a row
Find misspellings of Calgary: Cal*y
Literal Text
""
A sequence of characters in a row
Find a sequence of 'ander' in the name: "ander"
Field Content Match
==
Data exactly as specified
all exactly 20 and not at 20=: ==20
Index
Ctrl+i
Values used or entered in the field
All values used in the manufacturer field: ctrl+i

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