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Wildcard Characters

Certain keywords permit wildcard characters. These characters areas follow:

• Asterisk (*) indicates the generic end or start of a string

  For example, if you select an item with ABC* all items starting with the character string ABC will match the wildcard character string. Specifying *ABC will match all items ending with ABC. Two other cases are also possible: *ABC* will match any string with the characters ABC anywhere in the string and A*C will match any string starting with A and ending with C.

• Pound (#) indicates a numeric/nonblank must reside in the position

  For example, ABC### will match ABC123 but not ABC12 or ABCA12.

• Question mark (?) indicates a nonblank must reside in the position

  This placeholder ensures a specific length. For example, ???? will match ABCD, as well as AB12, but will not match ABC. The content of the character position does not matter as long as it is a nonblank character.