There are many fields within the system that may be searched by using what is referred to as a "mask".
Definition: A mask is simply a set of "wild card" characters which can be used to find multiple matching records.
In most cases, Net•Yield uses the "slash" character (/) as the wild card character. When you type a "/", you are telling the computer that you don't care what character is found in that position of the text search string.
Example 1: To find any vendors that start with "ATL", use a mask "ATL//' for the vendor code.
Example 2: To find any customers with "K" in the third position, use "//K//" in the third position use add one more "/" so that there are six digits.
Example 3: To find ANY and ALL records, use all slashes: "//////". Some fields accept more characters than others.
Example 4: The item mask uses “////////” for all items. On some reports and inquiries the item mask is also followed by an item class . The item class mask can be used to find items within the class or classes selected or using the item class mask for the two character item class and three character item sub class. Up to six item class masks can be used.