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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">to use wildcard characters for filter values</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>filters</Level1>
			<Level2>to use wildcard characters for</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>wildcard characters</Level1>
			<Level2>for filters</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Wildcard characters</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">The wildcard character combination .* represents any number of any character.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">When you define a filter value with the condition <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/domains/adv.fopr#alfa.like" role="option">contains</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/domains/adv.fopr#alfa.not_like" role="option">doesn't contain</GUIRef>, the value must include the wildcard characters (.*). If the condition is other than <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/domains/adv.fopr#alfa.like" role="option">contains</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/domains/adv.fopr#alfa.not_like" role="option">doesn't contain</GUIRef>, the value cannot include the wildcard characters (.*).</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">To specify strings that start with specific characters, type the characters followed by .*. For example, AA.* finds all the strings that start with "AA".</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">To specify strings that contain specific characters, type the characters preceded and followed by .*. For example, .*AA.* finds all the strings that contain "AA".</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
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