Tips & Tricks: Searching for Items

Tips & Tricks: Searching for Items


These tips will help you quickly locate the inventory items you need on the Item Management > Inventory Item screen, making your workflows faster, easier, and more efficient than ever.





Use AND to match multiple terms
Use AND to find items that include all the specified terms.
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Example:
Steak AND Organic
→ Returns items that include both “Steak” and “Organic”.


Use OR to match either term
Use OR to find items that include any of the specified terms.
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Example:
Flour OR Sugar
→ Returns items that include either “Flour” or “Sugar”.


Use the pipe (|) for exact matches
Use the pipe character (|) to find exact matches. This is helpful when searching for SKUs or UPCs.
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Example:
|019283
→ Returns only the item with the exact SKU or UPC 019283.






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