Search

Allows the user to set information for Search processing. Search processing checks data being edited for a specified character string or numeric value.   Only the specified data item will be searched.

Note:  See the limitations and precautions on the display contents and operation procedure.

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Field Descriptions

Search Character String

Specify a character string or numeric value to be searched for, or select from the five most recent searches. The recent searches are selectable until Data Editor is exited. The Search Character String specification depends on the data item attribute:

CharacterType Attribute
Simply specify a character string.
Numeric Type Attribute
Specify this item as "comparison operator + numeric value". As a comparison operator, one of the following five can be specified: "="(equal to), ">"(greater than), "<"(less than), ">="( greater than or equal to), and "<=(less than or equal to). You can omit "="(equal to). Example: Searching for data greater than or equal to 500 >=500 A sign and a decimal point can be specified. A value without a sign will be assumed to be a positive number. A sign that is input for the data attribute without a sign will be ignored. When a comparison operator is specified, do not leave a blank at the beginning or between comparison operators. Examples of errors: " >=500" (A blank at the beginning) "> =500" (A blank between comparison operators)
Search Item Name
Specify the name of a data item to be searched. The Default Value is set to the name of the item currently selected by the cursor in the Record Format View or the Table Format View. Press the Reference button to select from the list of items in the Select Search Item dialog box. The specified data item name must be an exact match.
The Search Item Name field only accepts item names selected from the Select Items dialog, which is displayed when you click on the Browse button.  Only elementary items can be set.
The handling of OCCURS items depends upon the setting of the Show OCCURS Items checkbox in the Select Items dialog as indicated in the following table:

Checked	Specify a data item name with a subscript.
Not Checked	Specify a data item name without a subscript.

Case-sensitive

Specify whether to treat upper and lower case letters as different characters. The default setting is Case-sensitive enabled. This becomes effective when the data item of the character type attribute is retrieved.

Search Direction

Specify the search direction, Search Forward or Search Backward, starting from the present cursor position. The default setting is Search Forward, with all data between the cursor and the end of the search string  included in the retrieval object.