Odd Search Behavior

2011-05-12 Thread Shane Buchholz
I have a search being performed by a user that is returning unexpected results, 
and I was hoping someone may know why.  I have a theory, but would like to see 
what the experts in the community think.

Below is a modified version of the search being performed:

('Assigned Group*+' = Group 1 OR 'Assigned Group*+' = Group 2 OR 'Assigned 
Group*+' = Group 3)  AND  ( 'Assignee+' != Jane Doe) AND  ( 'Submit Date' 
= $Start Date$ AND 'Submit Date'  $End Date$ ) AND ('Status*' != 
Cancelled)

This search is returning the expected results on tickets assigned to 
individuals, but does not return results for tickets that have not yet been 
assigned.  Any insight would be great.  I am mainly just curious why NULL 
fields are not included in the search.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

ARS 7.5
ITSM 7.6 0
SQL 2005
Server 2008 (64-bit)

Thanks,

Shane Buchholz
Systems Analyst II - Remedy
Information Services Operations
Samaritan Health Services



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Re: Odd Search Behavior

2011-05-12 Thread Jason Miller
Hi Shane,

Doug gave an explanation no to long ago.  You can view it here:
http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Question-about-NULL-p31147507.html

Jason

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Shane Buchholz sha...@samhealth.orgwrote:

 **

 I have a search being performed by a user that is returning unexpected
 results, and I was hoping someone may know why.  I have a theory, but would
 like to see what the experts in the community think.



 Below is a modified version of the search being performed:



 ('Assigned Group*+' = Group 1 OR 'Assigned Group*+' = Group 2 OR
 'Assigned Group*+' = Group 3)  AND  ( 'Assignee+' != Jane Doe) AND  (
 'Submit Date' = $Start Date$ AND 'Submit Date'  $End Date$ ) AND
 ('Status*' != Cancelled)



 This search is returning the expected results on tickets assigned to
 individuals, but does not return results for tickets that have not yet been
 assigned.  Any insight would be great.  I am mainly just curious why NULL
 fields are not included in the search.



 Thanks in advance for any feedback.



 ARS 7.5

 ITSM 7.6 0

 SQL 2005

 Server 2008 (64-bit)



 Thanks,



 Shane Buchholz

 Systems Analyst II - Remedy

 Information Services Operations

 Samaritan Health Services



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Re: Odd Search Behavior

2011-05-12 Thread Shane Buchholz
Thanks Jason, that is exactly what I thought it was doing.  When we added 
'Assigned Group+' = $NULL$ during testing it worked like we wanted it to.

Thanks,

Shane Buchholz
Systems Analyst II - Remedy
Information Services Operations
Samaritan Health Services

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** Hi Shane,

Doug gave an explanation no to long ago.  You can view it here: 
http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Question-about-NULL-p31147507.html

Jason
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Shane Buchholz 
sha...@samhealth.orgmailto:sha...@samhealth.org wrote:
**
I have a search being performed by a user that is returning unexpected results, 
and I was hoping someone may know why.  I have a theory, but would like to see 
what the experts in the community think.

Below is a modified version of the search being performed:

('Assigned Group*+' = Group 1 OR 'Assigned Group*+' = Group 2 OR 'Assigned 
Group*+' = Group 3)  AND  ( 'Assignee+' != Jane Doe) AND  ( 'Submit Date' 
= $Start Date$ AND 'Submit Date'  $End Date$ ) AND ('Status*' != 
Cancelled)

This search is returning the expected results on tickets assigned to 
individuals, but does not return results for tickets that have not yet been 
assigned.  Any insight would be great.  I am mainly just curious why NULL 
fields are not included in the search.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

ARS 7.5
ITSM 7.6 0
SQL 2005
Server 2008 (64-bit)

Thanks,

Shane Buchholz
Systems Analyst II - Remedy
Information Services Operations
Samaritan Health Services



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