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From: "Janis Rodriguez" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains '?'
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 22:11:50 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000001c40648$39c9b970$6401a8c0@MYRNICE>


Myrnice,

Thanks for the focus group tip. I had not advanced that far and intend to
put it to very good use.

Unfortunately the filter you suggested pulls too many people (719) as it
picks up anyone with an 1880 census tag, too.

I just tried a variation on it and got 139 people:

Death Group Year Includes 1880 END

It came up with all my before <Date> entries and aft <dates> with a span
that "includes" 1880. A search for "Contains" 1880 sounds like it might
work better ... if, as it sounds, the year 1880 would have to be "contained"
in the field. But it is possible "contains" would yield the same result as
"includes, picking up all my broader ranges...

Does anyone use the Contains '?' operator? How does it work? I just tried
it for the birth group and got the same results, no opportunity to enter a
value and a list of zero people.

Sorry to be a pest but I can see this operator as very helpful.

From a dedicated new user just trying to learn the "ins and outs."
Thanks again,

Jan


-----Original Message-----
From: William M Roberts [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:34 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains '?'


Jan

Any filter that works for the List of People report should also work for
the Project Explorer. By right clicking on the PE and selecting the
"All" option, you can move all of the individuals in the filtered PE
into a Focus Group and delete them as they are fixed. Then save the
remainder for the next session if it takes more than one.

Myrnice

Janis Rodriguez wrote on Tuesday, March 09, 2004 9:27 PM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains
'?'
>
> Thanks, Myrnice but I'm trying to get a list in the PE so I can just
click
> on the next name and check and fix the record. I don't think I can do
> that
> with the list of people report, can I?
>
> My underlying question is: How do I get the contains '?' feature to
> work?!
>
> Thanks again though!
> Jan
>
William M Roberts wrote on Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:46 PM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains
'?'
>
>
> Try a List of people report with a filter:
>
> Any Event Year Includes 1880 END
>
> or any other year you wish.
>
> Myrnice



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