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• Valid wildcard characters are: asterisk (*), percentage (%), and question mark (?).
Asterisk: Use an asterisk at the beginning, middle, or end of a string to indicate the
minimum acceptable string.
For example, *XYZ displays anything that ends with the characters XYZ, regardless
of what the string begins with. Thus, JOBXYZ is displayed, but not JOBYZ.
Likewise, ABC*XYZ displays anything that begins with ABC and ends with XYZ,
regardless of how many characters are in between.
Percent: Use a % sign as a positional placeholder to indicate that the position must
be occupied by a number.
For example, the filter criteria BAB%% displays all instances of BAB followed by
two numbers; that is, BAB30 and BAB42 satisfy the condition, but BAB173 and
BAB2A do not.
Question mark: Use a question mark as a positional placeholder to indicate that a
given position must be occupied by any character, regardless of its type.
For example, if the filter JOB?A% is placed on the Jobname field, all jobs that have
JOB in the first three positions, any character in the fourth, an A in the fifth, and a
number in the last position are displayed. Therefore, JOB1A6 and JOB#A7 are
displayed, but JOB1Z is not.
• If more than one filter is established for a screen, the filters are ANDed; that is, both
conditions must be satisfied for the data to appear. If you want to use a filter that is wider
than a column, you must do so within view customization. See “Customizing the Display
(CUST)” on page 27 for more information.
Note: If you use a wildcard within a numeric value, that number is treated as a character
string.
