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dej611 edited this page Feb 9, 2013 · 1 revision

Within a Search the user can set additional constraints for selected values: in the Properties and Value Pairs box there is a special row with few radio buttons indicating the Any and All options.

Any Option

In logical terms, Any means disjunction (logical OR) within a constraint.

Selecting Any the search results have all possible matches of selected items: this means that a result (row) is shown if it satisfy at least one of the selected values.

All Options

By contrast, All means conjunction (logical AND) within a constraint.

Selecting All the search results have only those matches that have all the selected items: this means that a result (row) is shown if it satisfy ALL selected values.

Example

Suppose a user clicks on Language in the Show line and selects the following property_value pairs (in the constraint box): Attributive Adjective Agreement:Yes and Auxiliary Selection:Yes.

If All is specified, this search will find the set of languages that have agreement with Attributive Adjectives AND for which the property of Auxiliary Selection holds.

If a user had clicked Any instead, then the search would yield the set of languages that have Agreement with Attributive Adjectives OR for which the property of Auxiliary Selection* holds (or both).