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OLE offers a general search for acquisition e-docs. The search screen contains the standard acquisition and bibliographic search fields.
Using the bibliographic search fields will result in acquisition documents pertaining to that title.
Specifying search criteria:
- Most fields will be uppercased for search. 
- Dates should be specified as MM/dd/yyyy. 
- Some fields have magnifying glass button for a sub lookup on that field. 
- Wildcards allowed on strings are * and % match any number of characters, while using a ? will match any one character 
- Logical operators allowed include && (And) as well as | (Or) to join multiple search criteria 
- Range operators allowed on numerics and dates are >,<,>=,<=, or .. - All operators except .. should be before date value. Operator .. should separate date values. 
Result Table:
- Each result field has link on header for sorting. Click once to sort ascending, - and click again to sort descending. 
- Some row fields have links to inquiry. The inquiry will be presented in a new window. 
- Click the return value link to select a row and return the key value to the previous page. - Select 'return with no value' or click the cancel button if you wish to return without returning a value. 
Maintenance Links:
- The 'create new' link on the upper left corner of the lookup screen will - go to a maintenance document for creating a new record for this lookup type. 
- For each result row the action column displays edit and copy links. The 'edit' link - will go to a maintenance document for editing the current record. The 'copy' link - will go to a new maintenance document but copy over attributes over the current record. 
Export Functionality:
- At the end of each result set, there are links for exporting the data to a different format. 
- Click 'csv' to export the data as a comma delimited file, 'spreadsheet' to export the data as a spreadsheet, - or 'xml' to export the data as xml. 
Note
For information about performing a search for requisitions, see Performing Searches on Financial Docs on the Guide to OLE Basic Functionality and Key Concepts.


