It is also possible to use the wildcard *, as is common in other Windows programs, in the search. This means you can use the * placeholder to search for sequences or character strings.

Information: You can use a question mark as a wildcard. However, you will then need to enter your search term in lowercase letters. The question mark can only be used as a wildcard at the end of a word.

Search for sequences

There are several possibilities for this type of search, which will be explained with the following examples:

Let us assume you are looking for companies with "ow" in the name. Enter *ow* in the Company field of the search form. The search will return all documents containing the letters "ow" in the company name, e.g. Owen, Townsend, etc. In other words, the search looks for the range between the two asterisks.

Search "beginning with" or "ending with"

If you omit either of the limits marked by the *, you will define a search as beginning with or ending with. This search option can be set as the default in the metadata forms. However, the option is not visible in the metadata form.

Let us assume you want to search for customers whose customer number starts with 15. To do so, enter 15* to the search form in the Customer number field. ELO finds all documents in which the entry in the Customer number field begins with 15. If you enter *er in the field Supplier, all the documents that have er at the end of the entry in the Supplier field will be found.

Information: You do not need to use the wildcard * in the Short name, Date, or Extra text fields. ELO displays all documents that contain the character string in the field in whatever form.