Locating Specific Information in Records

When you work with a collection of records, you often need to find a particular record or piece of information within that record. There are several ways to do this.

• With field list boxes that contain business data, you can search for valid values and retrieve a selected value into the field.

  For more information, see Finding a Specific Value in a Drop-Down List.

• On most field lists, you can filter for designated values, to limit the number of items you must look through to find the ones you want.

  For more information, see Filtering a Drop-down List.

• On most field lists, you can also search the items for specific values.

  For more information, see Finding a Value in a Collection of Records.

For other suggestions on how to locate the records you are looking for, see Tips for Finding Records.