Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Search Issues

"Problem": When performing a search on a field that is a pointer to another file, the search seems to fail. For example:

OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: TIU DOCUMENT//

 -A- SEARCH FOR TIU DOCUMENT FIELD: author OF NOTE AUTHOR/DICTATOR
 -A- CONDITION: =  EQUALS
 -A- EQUALS NEW PERSON: ptt  THWING,PHILIP T     ptt         PHYSICIAN

 -B- SEARCH FOR TIU DOCUMENT FIELD: enterED BY
 -B- CONDITION: =  EQUALS
 -B- EQUALS NEW PERSON: kst  TOPPENBERG,KEVIN S    kst          PHYSICIAN

 -C- SEARCH FOR TIU DOCUMENT FIELD:

IF: A&B AUTHOR/DICTATOR EQUALS 74 (THWING,PHILIP T)

                and ENTERED BY EQUALS 73

(TOPPENBERG,KEVIN S) OR:

STORE RESULTS OF SEARCH IN TEMPLATE: [TMG SET

                             (Mar 20, 2005@00:07)

User #73 File #8925 SEARCH

DATA ALREADY STORED THERE....OK TO PURGE? NO// y YES DESCRIPTION: This can be used to store sets of records, for working with multiple records etc.

 Edit? NO//

SORT BY: NUMBER// START WITH NUMBER: FIRST// FIRST PRINT FIELD: .01 DOCUMENT TYPE THEN PRINT FIELD: Heading (S/C): TIU DOCUMENT SEARCH// DEVICE: TELNET TIU DOCUMENT SEARCH MAR 20,2005 00:09 PAGE 1 DOCUMENT TYPE

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And here is one (of about 1000+ documents that it should have found.)

NUMBER: 4299 DOCUMENT TYPE: OFFICE VISIT

 PATIENT: xxxxxxxxxx,xxxxx x           STATUS:

COMPLETED

 EPISODE BEGIN DATE/TIME: NOV 05, 2004
 EPISODE END DATE/TIME: NOV 05, 2004   LINE COUNT: 18
 ENTRY DATE/TIME: FEB 07, 2005@21:03:39
 AUTHOR/DICTATOR: THWING,PHILIP T      EXPECTED

SIGNER: THWING,PHILIP T

 HOSPITAL LOCATION: Main_Office        ATTENDING

PHYSICIAN: THWING,PHILIP T

 VISIT LOCATION: Main_Office           REFERENCE

DATE: NOV 05, 2004

 ENTERED BY: kst                       CAPTURE

METHOD: upload

 SERVICE: FAMILY PRACTICE              SIGNED BY:

THWING,PHILIP T

REPORT TEXT:  xxx

This has something to do with initials being an output transform. If you use INTERNAL(ENTERED BY), EQUALS, 73 it should work.

Lloyd

The problem arises when there is a pointer field that has an Output transform on it. Try this to fix the problem of searching on such a field: In the DIS1 routine, add eight characters:

OUTX .I $D(^(2)),$P(^(0),U,2)'["D",DV'["="  ......

Yours,

George Timson