An 'exclude' search parameter option

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Stephen Omalley

• May 11, 2026 07:22

An 'exclude' search parameter option would be useful in the search fields. It is not always desirable to either limit the search to a single parameter selection or specific selections.

E.g. A Station name = AB12345 could be excluded from the search by entering -AB12345.

Multiple exclusions could be made. E.g. -AB12345; -AB54321. 

This could apply to all of the fields in the left section on the search pages. A bit like can be done on Google, by adding a '-'. 

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  Tue Lunde Schultz

  • May 11, 2026 07:28

  Hi Stephen

  You can already do this, by prepending with "!".

  ie. "!1234567%;123456%" will give you all serial numbers starting 123456, but exclude all those that start with 1234567. 

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  Stephen Omalley

  • May 11, 2026 07:29

  I knew about the %, but not !, thank you!

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  Tue Lunde Schultz

  • May 11, 2026 07:36

  You're welcome - there's an extensive article here: https://support.wats.com/hc/en-us/articles/207424463-Using-the-report-filter

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  Stephen Omalley

  • May 11, 2026 07:58

  Perfect, thanks.

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