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
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 Visual Assist button. Select from the valid values. Click Ok.
A list of values	Click and select List. In the list form, type the values you need on each line and click Ok.
Values you want to exclude from your query	Click and select Not in list. In the list form, type the values you want to exclude on each line and click Ok.
Items that begin with specific text	Click and select Begins with. In the list form, type the "begins with" text on each line and click Ok.
Items that contain specific text	Click and select Contains. In the list form, type the "contains" text on each line and click Ok.
Items that end with specific text	Click and select Ends with. In the list form, type the "end with" text on each line and click Ok.
Items that fall into a range	Click and select Range. See Filter a Range topic.
Items that fall into a range relative to today	Click and select Today. See Filter a Range Relative to Today's Date topic.
Items that fall into a range relative to now	Click and select Now. See Filter a Range Relative to Now topic.
Items that are blank	Click and select Blank.
Items that are not blank	Click and select Not Blank.
Items that match a Report Parameter value	If your report has Report Parameters, you can filter using these values. Click	Report Parameters and select the parameter you want to apply.
Items that match information about the signed-on user	For World and Enterprise One users, Click and select one of the following under the 'Variables' sub-menu.

Filter Operators and Special Tokens

Syntax	Meaning
*	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.