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The Find tab provides a way to search for a query items. Query terms can be located using the Find Tab by selecting either ‘Search by Names’ or ‘Search by Code’ options.




A. The Search By Names

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 tab is used to find all query items containing particular text .

  1. Select the search qualifier from the left drop-down menu.
  • Containing: The results returned will be those terms whose name or code CONTAINS the text entered in the search box. This is the default option.
  • Exact: The results returned will be those terms whose name or code matches exactly to the text entered in the search box. 
  • Starting with: The results returned will contain only those terms whose name or code begins with the text entered in the search box.
  • Ending with: The results returned will contain only those terms whose name or code ends with the text entered in the search box.



    2. Type in a text string in the empty box.

    3. Choose a category from the drop-down menu or leave it as the default= Any Category, which will search all categories.

    4.  Click the 'Find' button under the search qualifier box to run the search

    5. Select any terms returned by the search and drag them into a query group to use as query criteria


    The example below finds all terms containing the text ‘rheumatic fever’.



  B. The Search by Codes

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 tab is used to find coded variables. 

   To use this option, a code must be entered and a coding system selected. 

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4. The results will be displayed in the results section.


Options for Finding Terms

Clicking on the Show Options button Image Added in the upper right hand corner of the Navigate Terms panel opens this popup box that provides additional options for finding terms. 

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Maximum Number of Children to Display

The default value for Maximum number of children to display for a search of terms or codes is  usually 200.  However, this number can be changed to retrieve either more or fewer results. When a search is run, once the maximum number of terms is reached a message will appear to say that the query has reached the maximum number of terms and suggest  searching again with a more specific query. Running a search with a more specific query will narrow results as the selection criteria will not be as broadly defined.


Show Hidden Terms

In the metadata table, an attribute is set to determine whether or not a term is active, inactive or hidden. If an item is marked as hidden it will not appear in the list of terms. Selecting Show Hidden Terms will display those items marked to be hidden. For easy identification, hidden terms will be red when displayed in the results list.

 

 

Show Synonymous Terms

Some terms may be flagged in the metadata table as a synonym of another term. Selecting Show Synonymous Terms will display both the original term and the synonym in the Find Terms view. For easy identification, synonymous terms will be blue when displayed in the results list.

 

 

Enable Patient Counts

The Enable patient counts option will display the total number of patients that have a fact entered for that item.

 

 

Use Short Tooltips

By default, the tooltip that displays when you hover over an item will contain the entire path name and the tooltip that is specific to that item. Enabling the Use short tooltips option will only display the tooltip information; the path will not be included.


Show Concept Codes in Tooltips

In addition to showing the tooltip, this option will also display the concept code associated with the item.

 

 

Disable Modifiers

The ability to search for modifiers will not be available if the Disable modifiers option is checked off.