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From: "Jill Morelli" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains '?'
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:46:38 -0500
References: <000001c4064d$6e5fff50$0200a8c0@jannotebook>


Janis,

I believe you have to put the ? inside square brackets, i.e. [?] to make it
"ask" you to fill in the blank, otherwise the sort was of dates that have a
question mark in the field, which, I am happy to hear, you got zero
entries!.

Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janis Rodriguez" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:11 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with Filter - Death Group - Date - Contains '?'


> 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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