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Wildcards and Special Characters in Document Classifications

When defining document classification parameter values, note the following wildcards and logical operators:

Special characters

The following characters have special meaning and must be prefixed with a backslash if searching for literal occurrences.

{ } | [ ] % ? * \ 

For example, add \? to match any occurrence of '?'. See the reference below for more examples.

Wildcards

Wildcard characters * and ? are supported. For example, Unipr* would match any occurrence of Unipraxis.

Logical OR

Use the | symbol to represent a logical OR; For example, motel|hotel matches 'motel' or 'hotel'.

{ } sub-expressions

Use {} brackets to specify sub-expressions. For example, {motel|hotel} reservation matches 'motel reservation' or 'hotel reservation'.

Monetary values

Use %MONEY% to match any monetary value. For example, this matches $25, $25.99 or even 25.99. It detects $, £ and € currency symbols, and these currency codes: USD, GBP and EUR.

Social Security numbers

Use %SSN% to match social security numbers. CA DataMinder uses a sophisticated recognition process to cross-check against an imported system definition file (US Social Security High Group File) listing currently available SSNs. For example, this matches 123-45-6789 if it is listed in the current system definition file.

Important! After June 2011, the method for generating US Social Security Numbers was modified. Numbers issued after this date are not guaranteed to match numbers in the High Group File. Do not use %SSN% if you want to detect social security numbers issued after this date.

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Special Characters