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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- Format Control
- Format Control processes
- Accessing Format Control
- Using expressions in Format Control
- Sequential numbering for Format Control
- Array maintenance
- Determine parameters without using the RAD editor
- Invoke auditing from Format Control
- Special processing considerations: Incident Management
- Special processing considerations: Change Management
- Format Control and eventout records
- Format Control error messages
- Common routines called from Format Control
Sequential numbering for Format Control
Sequential numbering is a Subroutine process of Format Control that automatically adds identifying numbers to database records as they are created. Sequential numbering is used for Configuration Management, incident records, or employee records.
Sequential numbers are defined for appropriate fields in any data record. You create alphanumeric strings (prefixes and suffixes) that identify records by task or item.
Sequential numbering enables you to:
- Increment/decrement numbers in sequence.
- Reset values at definable intervals.
- Define values for increment/decrement sequence.
- Define the length of the number.
- Append prefixes and suffixes (characters) to sequential numbers.
The getnumb.fc application is called from the Subroutines process of Format Control to establish the sequential numbering sequence.
Related topics
Data types of sequential numbers
