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Browsing
for a Record in a Local Database with Record Builder
Introduction
The Record Builder
application has a browse feature, which can be used to locate a record
from a local database. Through browsing, you can
view a list of all terms in the specific database index, arranged alphabetically
around the search term. You then can perform a search on a term or phrase
from the browse results window which returns a result set of records.
Procedure
1. Open Record
Builder in a Web browser. |
2. Select
Open Browse from the Options
menu on the left side of the Record Builder display:
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3. Record Builder
displays the Browse screen in the
Record Builder display's work area.
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4. To perform
the browse:
- Select the
database by clicking its name at the top of the browse screen.
The active database is shown in bold.
- Enter a
term or phrase in the first browse box.
- Select an
index from the pull down menu to the right of the browse box.
- Click the
button.
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5. Record Builder
displays the terms in the selected index of the database that precede
the term you entered on the Browse Results screen. Beside each term
is the hit count for the term in the index browsed. The hit count
is a hotlink which, when clicked, automatically performs a search
of the database for the selected term. Use the
and
buttons to scan forward or backward in the browse window.
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6. The Search
Results screen displays the records that contain the term you selected
on the Browse Results screen. From here, you
can select a record to view or perform other actions including edit,
export, delete, or copy. The search criteria appears under Current
EditSession on the left side of the screen.
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7. See the
following procedures for editing, deleting, copying, or exporting
a record displayed on the Search Results screen:
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See Also
A
Walkthrough of the Record Builder Interface
Performing Online Record Updates to Local
Databases with Record Builder
Record Builder Process Model and System Overview
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