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Function documentationSearching for POS Transactions

 

With this function you can search for pre-defined character strings within the fields of specific segments of a POS transaction.

Activities

You start the POS Workbench, define your settings, and restrict your selection area. Ensure that the view display is selected for POS transactions in the workbench and then carry out the selection.

You can search for POS transaction data in the following ways:

  • You search in a number of POS transactions which the system displays to you after navigation in the navigation area in the folder hierarchy until the level of your choice in the overview.

    Choose Search in the POS transactions overview.

  • You search in either one specific or all folders in the navigation area.

    When searching in a specific folder, you can also choose the folder of a store or posting date. Select the folder of your choice and choose Search in the navigation area. From the list displayed, choose whether you want to search in the selected folder or all folders in the navigation area.

In both cases, the system displays a dialog box for the search. You enter the character string that you want to search for and specify the maximum number of hits. You have the following options:

  • You can perform the search on all segments and all fields of POS transactions.

  • You can restrict the search to a specific segment and take all segment fields into account.

  • You can perform the search in a specific field.

If you want to restrict the search to a specific field, you can reduce the fields offered by the system in the dropdown list by restricting it to a specific POS transaction segment. This results in the choice of one single field.

You can specify whether it is relevant to your search if it is case-sensitive or not. By selecting the relevant checkbox the system performs case-sensitive searches for specific character strings.

If you would like to take the 5 words Deleted intra-system format into account for the search then select the Internal Display checkbox.

Once you have set your settings, you can start the search by pressing return. The result is displayed in a dialog box. The system lists all the relevant transactions including unique transaction index and field where the character string was found and sorts them into a tree structure according to store and posting date. If the search is unsuccessful, the system displays the corresponding message.