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
| Search for | Example | Results |
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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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Access field help from the System Navigator
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
To access field help from the System Navigator:
- Click System Definition > Tables > tablename.
- Double-click a table name to view information about that table.
- Click the Fields and Keys tab.
- Select any field in the Fields section.
- Select one of these links to create or edit the default help record.
- Create default help on this field. This link appears when no field help exists for this field. Click this link to create field help.
- Edit default help on this field. This link appears when field help already exists for this field. Click this link to edit existing field help.
- Click Search for specific help on this field in forms to open and edit existing form-specific help for this field.
- If you make changes, click Save.
- Click OK.
Related topics
Editing System Definition nodes
System Definition
System Definition utility
Creating field help
Field help editor
Update a form
Edit a record
Edit a trigger
Add or edit help records
Access the help table
