Fuzzy Search is a check box available in the Fuzzy Search Results window on the Validation screen. By default, Fuzzy Search is selected.

• If the Fuzzy Search check box is selected to look for multi-word records, all results relevant to the search argument are fetched, irrespective of the Starts With, Ends With, Contains, Exact Match filters.

• If the Fuzzy Search check box is cleared, the results are filtered according to the option used to perform the search (Starts With, Ends With, Contains, Exact Match)

For example, the word "Bill" is used as a search argument, and Exact Match as a search filter. When the Fuzzy Search option is not selected, the system looks for entries containing only "Bill", and returns no results (as there are no entries containing only "Bill" in the database).

If the Fuzzy Search is selected, all results containing the word "Bill" are fetched.

For the information about Web Services searchTextForDocFuzzy and searchTextForFieldFuzzy, see the "Transact Web Services API" chapter of the Transact Developer's Guide.