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Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

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Posted on by ServiceParts 35

Hello and thank you all,

    Is there a way to perform what I would call a wild card search in the "Item" table, by the "Description" field, or I should say a partial description search. Example: if I want to find anything with "FORK" in the description field. So when running the search it I could get descriptions with Fork and spoon or Fork clamps or Silver forks etc.. everything that has fork somewhere in the description field.

I've tried:

[FORK]

FORK*

<FORK>

Any suggestions would be helpful

Thank you again

SRC

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,684 Moderator on at
    RE: Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

    Hi,

    please try search with the following 

    *@fork*

  • ServiceParts Profile Picture
    ServiceParts 35 on at
    RE: Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

    That worked !!!! Thank you Is there a way to filter it down more to showing only items with a quantity on hand ?

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 92,445 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

    Hi, just add some info.

    The following table provides some examples to explain how you can use the search. More details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-enter-criteria-filters#fine-tuning-the-search-with-filter-criteria

    Search Criteria Finds...
    man
    or
    Man    		 All records with fields that contain the text man, regardless of the case. For example, Manchester, manual, or Sportsman.
    'Man' All records with fields that contain only Man, matching the case.
    Man* All records with fields that start with the text Man, matching the case. For example, Manchester but not manual or Sportsman.
    @Man* All records with fields that start with man, regardless of the case. For example, Manchester and manual, but not Sportsman.
    @*man All records that end with man, regardless of the case. For example Sportsman, but not Manchester or manual.

    Filter Criteria and Operators

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-enter-criteria-filters#-filter-criteria-and-operators

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    So for the quantity, I think you can try the following.

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    Hope this also helps.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,684 Moderator on at
    RE: Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

    Hi,

    If you need more filter, add more new field's filter .

    Thanks

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    Community Member on at
    RE: Wild card search (Parts) Dynamics Nav Classic

    SRC,

    For Dynamics NAV, simple search in the Description Field could be:

    pop = interpreted as: @*pop* Returns =All records that contain the text pop and case insensitive.

    me = interpreted as : @*me* Returns =All records that contain the text me and case insensitive.

    Cup* = interpreted as: Starts with Cup and case sensitive. Returns =All records that start with the text Cup.

    'bad' = interpreted as: An exact text and case sensitive. Returns =All records that match bad exactly.

    @she* = interpreted as: Starts with and case insensitive. Returns =All records that start with she.

    @*mom = interpreted as: Ends with and case insensitive. Returns =All records that end with mom.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks,

    Steve

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