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Landing Pages - Multi-Search Option

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The Find function on the Landing Page allows you to quickly filter the list to those key records based on matching the text in the Find search to displayed records on the landing page. The find works based on matching the entered text to any column on the landing page.

This new feature allows for multiple search terms to be entered operating as a ‘and’ or ‘or’ search to filter the records.

Here the search term of ‘Batteries +Each’ has been entered to filter the stock landing page – the search result filtering the stock records on the description for ‘Batteries’ and the issue unit for ‘Each’.

The multi-search filter works based on a space to separate the search terms and then the +/- character to control whether the following second term is a ‘and’ search or a ‘or’ search.‘Batteries +AAA’ or ‘AAA -D’ for example

Installation

CONFIG / User Preferences

To enable the multiple search functions for the landing page a new parameter has been added to the User Preferences within the CONFIG sign-on.

The initial parameters described here enable you to set the multiple search function available for the F4-Search function. The landing page multiple search option uses the same characters to identify and/or searches as the F4-Search.

Allow Multiple Selections – set to enable the multiple search functionality for F4 search results. Note this option applies to the secondary index search item you enter the search against.

Character for AND / OR – enter the search characters used to identify the ‘And’ and ‘Or’ search characters. The default search items of +/- may not be appropriate if, for example, ‘-‘ is used in product descriptions.

Include Landing Page Search – set to enable the use of the multiple search options on the landing page find utility.

Custom Fields