Selecting all records that match a value in the current cell

A query searches and selects records that correspond to a set of criteria that you define.

Match Current Cell:

All records that contain the same value as the current cell are selected. The statistics of the selected records display at the bottom of the Attribute Manager. (See Setting a selected record statistics display)

  1. Select a value that you want to match.
  2. From the Record menu in the Attribute Manager, click Query by and then click Current.

Exclude Current Cell:

All records that do not contain the same value as the current cell are selected. The statistics of a selected record is displayed at the bottom of the Attribute Manager. (See Setting a selected record statistics display)

  1. Selecting all records that do not match a value in a selected field
  2. Making a query by example
  3. Limiting the query to selected records
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