Filter Your Data
Data Access Studio provides a robust and simple way to get the data you need. When you open a table, each column has a Filter Box directly beneath the column caption:
When you click on the filter box, you will see the
Filter Helper button. If the column has a
Visual Assist, you will also see the
Visual
Assist
button.
To filter for | Do this |
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Direct text | Click the Filter Box and type in the number, string, or date you need to find. |
Values in the Visual Assist | Click the ![]() ![]() |
A list of values | Click ![]() ![]() |
Values you want to exclude from your query | Click ![]() ![]() |
Items that begin with specific text | Click ![]() ![]() |
Items that contain specific text | Click ![]() ![]() |
Items that end with specific text | Click ![]() ![]() |
Items that fall into a range | Click ![]() |
Items that fall into a range relative to today | Click ![]() |
Items that fall into a range relative to now | Click ![]() |
Items that are blank | Click ![]() |
Items that are not blank | Click ![]() |
Items that match a Report Parameter value | If your report has Report Parameters, you can filter using these values. Click ![]() |
Items that match information about the signed-on user | For World and Enterprise One users, Click ![]() |
Filter Operators and Special Tokens
Syntax | Meaning |
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* | ALL |
! | NOT |
; | OR |
: | AND |
>= | Greather Than or Equal |
<= | Less Than or Equal |
> | Greater Than |
< | Less Than |
<BLANK> | Blank Values |
<TODAY> | Today's Date |
<NOW> | Today's Date including the Current Time |
<UTCNOW> | Today's Date including Universal Coordinated Time |
<DATE MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss> | Specific Date that includes time. While the specification uses MM/dd/yyyy, the display will be according to the user's preferences. |