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Parameter for Saved quick search

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Updated July 24, 2018

asked on July 24, 2018

I want to create a quick search that always looks in the same folders for other subfolders. The folder name is dynamic; meaning I want to type in the employee's ID number in the search each time I run the saved search. How do I reference the quick search input block in the Search Syntax?

The use case is find the employee folders. today I want id 6469; tomorrow i want id 4060; each time i want to look in the same folder and return the selected employees files.

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replied on July 24, 2018

Replace "XXX" with "%(SearchTerm)" in the Customize Quick Search dialog, following these instructions.

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replied on July 24, 2018

When you say "looks in the same folders", do you mean you always want to search a particular folder for subfolders that are named according to employee ID? Or do you mean that the folder that you are looking in changes according to employee ID?

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replied on July 24, 2018 • Show version history

my apologies for the confusion. The search syntax looks like this:

{[]:[EMPLOYEE NUMBER] = "XXX"} & ({LF:LOOKIN="\hr"} | {LF:LOOKIN="\payroll"}) & {LF:Name="*", Type="F"}

for the XXX I want to use the contents of the quick search parameter

So in answer to your question... I want to look in the \payroll folder and the \hr folder for a Folder that has the field Employee Number that contains the value XXX

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replied on July 24, 2018

Replace "XXX" with "%(SearchTerm)" in the Customize Quick Search dialog, following these instructions.

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