String-based search method formats

Format Supports Example / comment
String Single value

Supports as wildcards asterisk (*) for multiple characters and question mark (?) for single characters

manatee - returns records with the word in title or number

abbey - returns Locations or other items with abbey in the name

me - returns own Location

  Range

No wildcard support

37/00000 to 37/99999

  List of values

Manatee,Dugong,Whale

Use quotes to enclose strings with spaces

  Record number

record:"27"

Record numbers must be in quotation marks.

Object Names of objects

Location search hasMember:abb* - returns all Locations that have members whose names start with abb

assignee:me

  [all] [none]

container:[all] returns all records with a container

schedule:[none] returns all records that do not have a retention schedule

  For Location fields:[me] [not me]

owner:[me] returns all records whose owner is me

assignee:[not me] returns all records that have an assignee other than me

assignee:[surname:abbey and givenName:Rhoda]

Number

32bit & 64bit integer, decimal and currency

Single value

1

27.5

$33.00

For comma separator, use number in quotes, e.g."1,000"

  Range

1 to 100

number>1999/00998 - all numbers greater than 1999/00998

  List of values 1,3,5,8,90
Boolean No parameters, just method name name:financial* and usable
Date Single date 1/1/83
  Single date with time 1/1/83 12:30:00
  Range 1/1/83 to 1/1/87, registeredOn:1/1/2001 to 31/12/2009
  previous X <period(s)>

previous refers to the previous full period, for example, if you conducted a search on Monday October 3rd 2017 at 3:40 PM and searched the previous month, the system would search by September 1st 12:00:00 AM TO September 30th 11:59:59 PM

  this <period> this refers to the current period, for example, if you conducted a search on Monday October 3rd 2017 at 3:40 PM and searched this month, the system would search by October 1st 12:00:00 AM TO October 31st 11:59:59 PM
  next <period> next refers to the period starting after the current one, for example, if you conducted a search on Monday October 3rd 2017 at 3:40 PM and searched next month, the system would search by November 1st 12:00:00 AM TO November 30th 11:59:59 PM
 

before or after a date

periods are defined as second, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, fiscal year

You can leave the plural s out when using a period.

Examples:

previous 7 seconds, previous 12 hours, previous 3 days, previous 9 weeks, previous 8 months, previous 22 years, previous 3 fiscal year, for example, if you conducted a search on Monday October 3rd 2017 at 3:40 PM and searched previous 6 months, the system would search by April 1st 12:00:00 AM TO October 3rd 3:40:00 PM

this week, this month, this quarter, this year,

next 10 years, next month, next week, for example, if you conducted a search on Monday October 3rd 2017 at 3:40 PM and searched next 6 months, the system would search by October 3rd 2017 at 3:40:00 PM TO April 30th 2018 11:59:59 PM

quarter to date

registeredOn<31/12/2009 - the period before the date

registeredOn<=31/12/2009 - the period before and including the date

registeredOn>31/12/2009 - the period after the date

registeredOn>=31/12/2009 - the period after and including the date

registeredOn=31/12/2009 - the period equalling the date

registeredOn<>31/12/2009 - the period outside the date

registeredOn>1997 - the period after 31/12/1997

registeredOn<1997 - the period before 1/1/1997

registeredOn>lastMonth - the period after the last day of the last month

registeredOn<lastMonth - the period before the first day of the last month

  Financial Year FY2016
Enumerated value Items from a predefined list, e.g. for the field Disposition  
  Single value Archived (Permanent)
  Set of values

Inactive,Archived (Local)

  Range

disposition>Archived (Interim)

returns records with a value for Disposition of Archived (Permanent) or Destroyed

URI Single value 377
  Set of values -1,3,44
  Recursive searching assignee:99+ will find also all Locations that are members of the Location with the URI 99