VISTA Plus for MPE User's Guide

Chapter 7
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Search Operation
As you scroll through the report, all text strings matching the most recent search string entered are
displayed in reverse video.
In VISTA Plus, searching is not case sensitive. Matches occur on lower and upper case characters.
This means that the string “Assembly” will match the string “ASSEMBLY”.
Searching is always performed in a forward direction. If the string you are searching for is not
found before the end of the report, the search continues with the first page until the page on which
the search began is reached. This provides you with the ability to always have the full report
searched without having to issue the search request once from the start page and again from the
first page.
Additional Search Features
• To search for all occurrences, enter the string you want to find followed by //.
• To search for multiple text strings, enter the string you want to find followed by an
ampersand (&). Continue to link items with an ampersand until the group you want is defined.
• To search for a range of text, specify From and To values separated by a bar (|). In addition to
specifying range, you can specify the columns to which the search will be limited.
• To search for a numeric range, enter the first number, followed by a plus sign (+), and then
enter the last number you seek. In addition to specifying the range, you can also specify the
columns to which the search will be limited.
• To search for values greater than a specific number, enter the greater than sign (>) followed
by the number. The number can be positive or negative.
• To search for values less than a specific number, enter the less than sign (<) followed by the
number. The number can be positive or negative.
After a search is performed, VISTA Plus retains the latest text string and uses it as a default value
in your next search request. To perform another search with the last search value, press F6, Search,
and then F1, Search Forward.