PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-622
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 622
SEPTEMBER 2004
PS 622
SEP 04
59
When entering a NIIN any preceding zeros not following another number may be omitted.
So a NIIN of 000000070 may be typed as 70, but a NIIN of 000070070 would require 70070.
You can search for more than one NIIN at a time by separating the NIINs with a space.
However, you are limited to about 34 characters and spaces. For example, let’s search for 70,
70070, 1800705, and 18256.
Query
Searches
Get
Results
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ast month we discussed the opening screens of FED LOG. This month we look into making
queries.
FED LOG allows you to search for: NIINs/NSNs, part numbers, item names, medical/common
names, supplier names, CAGE codes, federal supply classes, item name codes, sources of sup-
ply, and characteristics.
Open FED LOG and click on the
green tank
to switch to Army Interactive. Query results will
display the Army Master Data File (AMDF).
Some query fields are stand-alone and some can be used in combination. The NIIN/NSN field
is a stand-alone. If you begin typing a NIIN or NSN in this field the other fields are deselected
(grayed out). Part number is a combination field. It can be used in a stand-alone mode or com-
bined with the fields that are not deselected—in this case, item name, supplier name, and
CAGE code.
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Some query fields are stand-alone and others allow combination
searches. NIIN/NSN searches are always stand-alone—they only
search by NIINs or NSNs. In this example, as soon as Part Number
J024731 was entered in the Part Number field, several fields were
deselected. Item Name, Supplier Name, and CAGE Code fields
may be used with the Part Number field to narrow the search.
By clicking on the medical symbol box you can change
this field from medical name to common name.
Fedlog offers
users a number of
ways to search for
information.
today, we’ll
examine the
query
fields.
who are
all
these people?
you said I could
have up to 34
characters!
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