Data Director User Guide

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Basic Queries

Basic queries use simple text comparisons to find records that contain the query values. You can use text and the wildcard character (*) to query values.

The wildcard characters are special search symbols that you can use in basic queries to specify a text pattern instead of specific characters. You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard character to increase your chances of finding the records that you want. The wildcard characters are useful when you do not know the exact text or want to search for similar text.

The following table lists example search strings and explains how they function:

Example Query String	Query Behavior
John Smith	Queries for records that contain John , Smith , or any variations of John or Smith as a field value.
"John Smith"	Queries for records that contain John Smith or any variations of John Smith as a field value.
John*	Queries for records that contain a value that starts with John . For example, Johnson or Johnny .
Jo*n	Queries for records that start with Jo and end with n . For example, Johansson or Jordan .
*	Returns all the records.