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How can I search a PAL panel using non-updatable fields?
Many fields in a PAL panel are non-updatable - meaning that your cursor cannot land on such a field by tabbing around the panel. Such a field is automatically calculated and is intended only for viewing (eg. in the Catalog Panel the date field showing when the record was created or the Circ Hist field showing the number of times the item has been checked out from the library)
But if you wanted to browse through the circulation history of library items you could do this by pressing the ALT-F2 keystroke combination which would take you to all fields - including non-updatable fields. When landing on the Circ History field you can press the Up-Arrow to search the records of that panel sorted by that field.
Note that not all fields in PAL are sorted so this tip does not work for every single field.
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