To make entering values into the search tool easier we have provided a number of short cuts that you can take. When entering numbers into the 'Value' field of any of the search tools you may use the following conventions:

1. Dealing with large numbers: Entering any number followed by a b will result in that number being multiplied by 1,000,000,000. For example, entering 1.3b will be converted to 1,300,000,000.
This also works for t and m to multiply your number by thousands and millions respectively.

2. Dealing with percentages: Often you have to enter a percentage as a value in your search criteria. Percentages are consistently stored in our financial database as a decimal less then 1.
But to make it easier for you, if you were to enter the value in as a percentage, that number will be converted into the appropriate format.
For example, entering the value 83% will automatically be converted into 0.83 for you.