FIND

Use this feature to find an existing record and place it on a maintenance or transaction screen for updating.

Selection Criteria

One or more search fields will be at the top of the screen. Enter any part of one or more of the fields to identify the record for which you are searching.

Match Text

Select either the Beginning or Within radio button, depending on whether you want the Find to match the values entered in the Selection Criteria group box with those items in the database that begin with the same values, or for Find to match the values with those items in the database that contain the values anywhere within them.

Execute

Select this pushbutton to find all records that match the search information entered. If only one database record is found matching the search criteria, the Find screen will close and the data from that record will be placed in the data entry screen.

Select

If more than one record meets the search criteria, the records found will be shown on the Find screen. After highlighting one of the rows, use this pushbutton to close the Find screen and have the data from this record placed on the data entry screen. Double-clicking on a highlighted row has the same effect.

Cancel

Select this pushbutton to cancel the Find feature. No record will be placed on the data entry screen.

Hint for WAN Users:  If the Connects via WAN checkbox in the Maintain Users screen in Costpoint System Administration is checked, the normal Costpoint "segmented ID behavior" will be turned off for all segmented ID fields when using Find. This means that when you enter a segmented ID value, the segment separators (periods or dashes) will not automatically appear, the individual segment IDs will not be validated, and each segment will not be padded to the correct length for that segment ID. Instead, the entire field ID is treated as a single string.