Use of wildcards in searching

Hi all
I have an issue with a custom tool that has been developed, which is combined with poor data management on behalf of our Master Data team.
When creating Info Records, they only use a plant code when the material is used in mutliple plants, otherwise they leave it blank (a practice I am looking to correct, it's just laziness)
The problem I have is when trying to report on info records, I want to include both blank AND populated records.
- Using * or ? only extracts records that have some kind of data
- Leaving either the lower or upper limit blank either produces only blank results, only populated results, or no results at all
What would be the syntax to search for all records, blank or not blank?
Thanks, D.

Dante,
When creating Info Records, they only use a plant code when the material is used in multiple plants,
There are legitimate business reasons to leave this field as blank. This is why SAP supports this feature. Your characterization of the department's motives as 'laziness' may be interpreted by someone else as 'lower cost ease of maintenance'. I have worked under three types of business policies, all legitimate:1. The plant field must always be populated, 2. The plant field must never be populated, and, most common, 3. The plant field will be populated as necessary. I will assume, then, that you are speaking of your internal business policies and procedures, which are evidently that the plant field must always be populated.
What would be the syntax to search for all records, blank or not blank?
I believe you said that this was a custom tool. We cannot know how the tool selects the records. I suggest that you review your issue with the developer who created it.
Best Regards,
DB49

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