Data Manager if clause with wildcard like "if(([Style.Name]='*TR*') doesn't work

[matteoluigi]

Hi there,

 

The new advanced Data Manager in Vectorworks 2020 offers better and more advanced possibilities to control ifc-psets directly with the info-palette window on Vectorworks and gives the user the possibility to manage the project in a direct and individual way.

 

One of our ideas for example is, to control some psets directly with the object-stylename. We want to organize a style name in more parts.

1) (WA=Wall, ST=Stütze=Column,...)  

2) A=Aussen(outside); I=Innen(inside)

3) TR=Tragend(load bearing - yes); NTR=nichttragend(load bearing - no)

....

2) 

if([Style.Name]='WA*','TRUE','FALSE') - doesn't work

if([Style.Name]<'WA-I','TRUE','FALSE') does work

 

3)

if([Style.Name]='*TR*','TRUE','FALSE') doesn't work

if([Style.Name]<'WA-A-TR','FALSE',if([Style.Name]<'WA-I-TR')&([Style.Name]>'WA-A-TR-Z-999'),'FALSE','TRUE') does work

 

My question: Why doesn't any of those wildcards ( * ) work? Is there an alternative function, which allows me to get every wallstyle-name which contains a specific part of a predefined name? (like described in option 2) or 3)?