Partial Identification Tag Search (Wildcard Search)

What is a Wildcard search? and How can I perform a Wildcard search on my database?

A Wildcard Search is a search for an individual animal's Visual Id/ Managment Tag, when you do not know all the details of the tag number.

A wildcard is a character that may be used to represent one or more other characters. Stockbook uses % and _.

• % - may be used to specifiy any number of characters.
• _ (underscrore) - may be used to represent a single character (position), anywhere in visual/managment tag.

Note: The Wildcard search can only be completed through the Filter option.

Step 1

• Click on the Animals toolbar option.
• Click on the Filter button in the top right corner.

Step 2

• A wild card search is conducted within the Primary Id. is like field.

There are two different ways to produce a Wildcard search:

Option 1: Using the '%' character to search for an animals visual/ managment Id. This is a great search when you want to search for visual/ managment Id., with variable beginnings, middles or endings.

• For example : You want to search for an animal when you only know the first digit/letter of the animal, as well as the last digit/letter of the animal.
• Within this Primary Id. is like field, enter the first digit/letter of the animal (e.g. 'W'), then a '%'  and the last digit/letter of the animal (e.g. '4'). This will filter for all animals starting with a 'W' and ending with a 4, with anything in between.
• Click OK button.

An example of the search results: (shows all animals starting with 'W' and ending with '4'.)

Option 2: search for an animal where you know how many letters and numbers there are within the visual/ managment Id., you know one or two of the exact letters/ numbers and their placement or order within the tag.

• In the Primary Id. is like field you can enter the known digits/letters of the animal and use an underscore '_' to represent the missing digit/letter of the animal.
• For example: this is filtering for all animals containing a letter/number, then a '1', then a letter/number and ending with a '4'.

An example of the search results: (shows in all the animals containing a '1' as the second number and ending with a '4'.)

Note: You can narrow your search even further by using other selection criteria within the Animal Search Filter window. (e.g. Mob, Paddock, Group, Property, Sex.)