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Specifying Filter Values

The filter value can contain special characters to assist you in establishing display criteria:

• Use the percent sign (%) to indicate any string of zero or more characters.
• Use an underscore ( _ ) to indicate any single character, except the last character in the string.

The percent sign (%) means any string or no string. For example, the filter value %1 means any string ending with 1. The values ENTITY1 and ET1 would both match.

The underscore ( _ ) means any single character. For example, the filter value E_1 means E followed by any character, followed by 1. Both ET1 and E11 would match. ET111 would not match since it has too many characters. Trailing underscores are not supported. Use the percent sign (%) instead.

Examples:

• 378_A selects five-character objects with the first three digits 378 and the last character A.

  378AA

  3788A

• H% selects objects of any character length with the first letter H.

  HELPMODEL

  HOFFENSTEIN

  HILO

• %CENTER% selects objects of any character length that contain the string CENTER at any point in the object name.

  OFFCENTER

  CENTERONE

  ATCENTEROFFICE