User's Manual

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Example 3.3: Searching for Test Equipment
Let’s search through our Test Equipment database for those records pertaining to
Fluke calibrators.
1. Select the Test Equipment button on the Main Menu to access the Test
Equipment screen.
2. Type “Flu” (excluding the quotes) within the Manufacturer field. Note that
the Approx operator is selected by default. On a Text type field (like
Manufacturer), the rule for the Approx operator is to return all records
whose Text field in question contain your criteria. Thus, all Test Equipment
records whose Manufacturer field contains “Flu” will be returned; obviously
covering the case of “Fluke”. Had we selected the = operator, then the
Manufacturer field would have had to exactly equal our criteria.
3. Select the Search button. The result of our search is shown on the Test
Equipment form.
4. Select the Main Menu button to return to the Main Menu.
Note the presence of the History... button on the Test Equipment form. All
certification and check records pertaining to this piece of Test Equipment may be
reviewed via this button. (See Chapter 7, “Changing Data,” for more information
on the Recertify... and Recheck... buttons.)
Searching for Procedures
Generally speaking, you would be most likely to view Procedure records while
entering test setup and procedure information for a given Tag ID record(s).
Procedure information is accessed via the Test Procedure page on the
Instrument View screen.
To view a Procedure record:
• Via a Quick Search or some other means, access the Instrument View screen
for any Tag ID record (this would, in most cases, be the record to which you
want to apply an existing Procedure).
• On the Test Procedure page, select the Procedure... button. A Quick
Search screen appears.
• Enter the desired search criteria and select the Search button. The
Procedure Selection screen appears, displaying the Procedure(s) matching
your search criteria.
• Scroll through the Procedure records using the horizontal scroll bar at the
bottom of the screen until you find the Procedure record you are wanting to
use.