Filter Criteria: And/Or Statements

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Some filter fields allow the use of AND/OR statements when defining related free-form criteria. The power and flexibility gained with such statements is immense in that you can filter by what might otherwise be unrelated information. You can define multiple criteria and then include records that meet two or more criteria (and) or those that meet any of the criteria (or). You can also use a combination of AND/OR statements.

Example: Your shoes are defined with a color (BRWN, BLCK, NAVY, WHTE) and description (TIE = tie/lace-up, SLON = slip-on, BUCK = buckle) in the Item Name field, resulting in inventory items looking like this:

Item # | Item Name
000101 | BRWN TIE
000201 | BRWN BUCK
000301 | WHITE SLON
000401 | BLCK SLON
000501 | BRWN SLON
000601 | WHTE TIE
000701 | NAVY SLON
000801 | BLCK SLON

Using and/or statements as your Item Name filter criteria, you could select such combinations as all black tie shoes, all black and brown tie shoes, or all slip-on shoes.

Three rules determine how Point of Sale interprets any AND/OR statement. The following examples of these rules make use of the shoe item list shown above.

And/or Rule #1

And/or Rule #2

And/or Rule #3

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