Operator Fields

You use operators when you create query filters or define e-mail notification rules in the GUI. The meaning of the operator depends on whether the field you are using in the filter or rule is single-valued (such as Assigned User) or multi-valued (such as Stakeholders).

Operator

Description

• Equals (single-valued fields)

• Contains (multi-valued fields)

This does not apply to text fields, where = mean exact match.

• Does not equal (single-valued fields)

• Does not contain (multi-valued fields)

• Greater than (single-valued fields)

• Contains at least one element greater than (multi-valued fields)

• Greater than or equal (single-valued fields)

• Contains at least one element greater than or equal to (multi-valued fields)

• Less than (single-valued fields)

• Contains at least one element less than (multi-valued fields)

• Less than or equal to (single-valued fields)

• Contains at least one element less than or equal to (multi-valued fields)

• Does not equal (single-valued fields)

• Not all elements are identical (multi-valued fields)

• Equals (single-valued fields)

• All elements match (multi-valued fields)