Import Email into askSam. Create archives and turn them into knowledge bases.

 

Once your information is in askSam, you're ready to search. Not only can you search on the contents of fields, but you can search on free-form text. askSam offers a wider variety of searches than any other database program and some of the fastest and most powerful searches you'll find anywhere.
askSam supports the following types of searches:

• Full-text searches for any word or phrase
• Wildcard searches with * and ?
• Boolean searches (AND, OR, and NOT)
• Proximity searches
• Numeric searches (>, <, >=, <=, <>)
• Date searches
• Fuzzy searches
• Search through multiple askSam databases
• Case sensitive searches

 

"I've used a lot of different tools for searching, but I've yet to find anything that approaches the depth, variety, strength, and sophistication of the search tools that askSam provides."
- Rick Gates - Database Magazine

Setting up structured database is a breeze with askSam. You simply use the Entry Form Wizard to set up your form. askSam Entry Forms are flexible and easy. Type in names for your fields and you're ready to go.

Using askSam's report writer you can easily create useful reports from all types of information. By clicking on an item in the report output you return to the appropriate document.

 

With the Dynamic Folder View, askSam lets you place your information in folders and sub-folders. Unlike most folder structures, askSam Folders are displayed dynamically based on the contents of your database. With Folders, you can quickly change the way you view and navigate your information. This is a powerful way to analyze your information.

 

You are now able to access more information than ever before - on the Internet, via email, on CD-ROMS, or in files on your hard drive. askSam lets you turn this information into searchable databases.

askSam's Automatic Field Recognition enables you to turn information into an instant database. askSam can automatically identify words that provide structure in your information and use these words as fields. For example, email messages often contains words like "To:", "From:", "Date:", and "Subject:" askSam lets you automatically use these words as fields. You can search, sort, and even create reports using these words as fields.

Information is valuable only if you can find it when you need it. With askSam you can organize your information into dynamically generated folders and askSam offers a wider variety of searches than any other database program.

 

"And the best part: If you're entering information later and discover you didn't leave enough room in one part of the screen, it only takes a touch of a key to change it. You can completely change your database in midstream without any ill effects on the rest of the information you've already typed."
- Heather Newman - The Tennessean

No programming is necessary to create great looking reports. Simply use askSam's built in Report Writer to drag and drop field names to the desired position on the screen. An askSam report can be as simple as a sorted list of names and telephone numbers, or it can contain grouped fields, field totals, and summaries. You can even include memo fields in a report.

 

"Frequent users will appreciate how easy it is to design reports from askSam files. Laying out a report is as simple as dragging and dropping different bits of information onto the page.. This action would take some serious scripting in normal database programs, but it's a push of a button in askSam. And every report is a live summary, which means if you want more detail on an item, a double-click will take you right to the document it came from."
- Heather Newman - The Tennessean

The network version of askSam allows multiple users to simultaneously add, edit, and search in askSam databases. With the network version you can make information available to all users on a network - customer databases, marketing information, policy manuals, phone messages, and more.

 

"askSam is an essential part of my software tool chest. I can research and collect data from anywhere and any source. Once it is in askSam I can edit, rearrange, organize, and search the information easily. Then I can present it and make it totally useful for other people via the web or CD. Fantastic!"