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What are the wild card that can be used for search

QUESTION:
When searching a company in the company folder how to find a company that has PC and Canada in it's name, ex: BEPC0 CANADA
Same question when using a drop down list box
 


ANSWER:
Support Item Search Guidelines
Use the following guidelines when conducting a search:
Search Goal Enter Example of a Result
Search for a one word expression, for example, SQL SQL • SQL Server
• SQL Troubleshooting document

Search for a multi-word phrase, for example, SQL Server "SQL Server" • SQL Server
• The most robust is SQL Server

Search for part of a word using a wild card, for example, Change* "Change*" • Changepoint
• Change my password

• Change Management

Find two words that are in a sentence but not necessarily an expression, for example, to find cookies and browser in the same sentence. Cookies near Browser A number of cookies from the website will be downloaded to your Browser.
Find a word and any derivatives of it, for example, write, wrote, written. formsof(inflectional,write) • Joe Smith writes code
• Joe Smith wrote the code

• The code was written by Joe Smith

To find a combination of two words in a search, for example, Changepoint, Microsoft. Changepoint and Microsoft Changepoint and Microsoft are well matched
To find one word, but not the other, for example, I would like to find information about cookies, the technology not the food. Cookies and not chocolate From the website, there are a number of cookies that will be downloaded to your Browser.
To find one word or another in a search, for example, to find ASP or portal. ASP or Portal • The Client Portal
• The ASP version of the portal