Cheat Sheet

Simple Cheat Sheet

•It’s possible to mix the ‘and’ and ‘or’ from the above table

•What helps is to remember the context: We are talking about search criteria.

oTo be in the results, each Job must match the entire criteria. 

So if you select the “Any” Criteria Mode in the drop down, it might feel most natural to say “This Domain contains _ and _”, but if you look in the cheat sheet above, ‘and’ is not in the “Any” column.  Therefore, it avoids confusion to instead say “This Domain contains Jobs that are _ or _.”  And if it helps, you can always put in the full ‘either’ or ‘both’ phrasing:  “This domain contains Jobs that are either _ or _.”   This will help you to avoid tripping up. 

Example of a domain that will not work: “This domain contains Jobs that are both in the Executive Management Job Group and Management Job Group.”  

Note:

A Job cannot be in two Job Groups at the same time.  This will then mean either/or: “This domain contains Jobs that are either in the Executive Management Job Group or the Management Job Group.”

Whenever we say “Either _ or _   “, we assume ‘or both’ at the end.  However, this has little relevance with two Job Groups, but it becomes relevant when using different criteria types. 

Example: “This domain contains Jobs that are either in the Administration Job Group, or the Administrative Support Job Family, [or both.]“