CAUTION: Do NOT Use a Hyphen (-) When Searching in URCATS

Did you know that using the hyphen (-) character when searching for items on the Universal Catalog (URCATS) table will produce undesired results?  The hyphen character when used as part of the search criteria is interpreted by the application as “minus” and will return results excluding the value you specified.  You should make it a practice never to include the hyphen character in your search criteria when searching URCATS.  For instance, if you are searching for a specific Master Agreement number like C-05989898, you should search using only the number and the wildcard character:  %05989898%.  Or, if you are searching for a supplier part number that contains the hyphen such as AB123-01, you should enter AB123% as your search criteria.