Advanced Search Techniques in GA3
When moving through fields with Tab or Enter
- When using TAB (above caps lock) or Enter to jump through the fields in order
- You can also press SHIFT and TAB OR SHIFT and ENTER to go backwards !
When searching
- You can use an asterisx * as a wildcard. i.e entering
- R*ABC will find R123 ABC aswell as R987 ABC
When using advanced search
- If you enter an equals = into one of the fields on its own
- GA will find all records where this field was left blank.
When using advanced search
- If you enter an exclamation mark ! on its own into one of the fields such as Order Reference
- GA will find all documents with duplicate order references used.
Using advanced search, you can combine these methods, for instance..
- To Find all invoices from a large company account, where the order reference is blank.
- Under the advanced search screen
- You would enter part (or all) of the company name
- and a single equals sign in the order reference field
- Other Reminder
Using advanced search to search between two dates...
- Under the advanced search screen
- You would enter the beginning date followed by '...' and then the finish date
- You can also combine other options when performing this search
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