SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...

Ch. 9 - Using SPOT DatabasesDefining Search ConditionsTo define database search conditions, follow these steps.1. Click on the Add button (for Search Conditions) on the Database Search window. The SearchCondition window appears.2. Select the database field that you want to base thesearch on. The left drop-down box contains a listof all the textual/numeric and lookup fields thatyou defined for the database. In addition to thefields that you defined, the Date associated withthe image and the Image ID appear in the list.3. Select the criteria for the search from the centerdrop-down box. The list options vary accordingto the type of field that you selected, as shown below:Field Type Options Field Type OptionsDateNumericTextLookup4. Enter the final search parameter in the right hand box. This entry will vary according to the searchcriteria that you selected. For Text and Numeric field searches, you are required to enter theinformation, while for Lookup field searches, you can select from a list of the lookup itemsFor Text fields, asterisks (*) and question marks (?) can be used as “wild card” characters with the islike and is not like options.− * - The asterisk wild card tells the program that any number of characters can be used with thistext field.−For example, if you want to search all patients with “smith” in their name, you can enter *smith*.This search will bring up names such as John Smith, Jane Smithfield, and Joe Hammersmith.? - The question mark wild card tells the program that any single character can be used where thequestion mark appears.For example, if you want to search for patients with either the name Smith or Smyth, you canenter * sm?th. The asterisk and space in the front of sm?th tells the program to find all firstnames associated with sm?th. The question mark tells the program to search for one-letterdifference variations on the name Smith. This search will bring up names such as John Smith,Anne Smyth, and Fred Smoth, but it will not bring up Jane Smithfield, Harry Hammersmith, orAbigail Smythe.192 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera