Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Example: Calculating contract payments
Assume that you have a contract covering three assets. An expense line is created for each asset in the Assets section of the Contract form. You make a payment of $127.50 (USD) for all three assets. Contract Management allocates approximately one-third of the payment to each asset’s expense line.
| Asset | Payment |
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| First asset | 42.59 |
| Second asset | 42.46 |
| Third asset | 42.46 |
| Total | 127.51 |
When Contract Management adds the allocated amounts, the total is 127.51, which is one cent over the total payment amount. Contract Management adjusts the first allocation amount to ensure the total allocated amount equals the actual payment amount. The final expense line amounts are as follows:
| Asset | Payment |
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| First asset | 42.58 |
| Second asset | 42.46 |
| Third asset | 42.46 |
| Total | 127.50 |
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