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Searchparameter-filter.xml

Example SearchParameter/filter (XML)

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Not linked to any No defined compartments

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Formal Definition for _filter parameter (id = "filter")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


  
  : This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhir/searc
        h_filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html): Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot express
         what is required
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
      
      
    
  
  This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhir/search_
  filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html)
  
  
  Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot express
   what is required
  
  
  

<SearchParameter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="filter"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: SearchParameter</b> <a name="filter"> </a> </p> <div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border:
       1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Resource SearchParameter &quot;filter&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> url</b> : <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/filter</code> </p> <p> <b> version</b> : 1</p> <p> <b> name</b> : FilterSearchParameter</p> <p> <b> title</b> : Filter Search Parameter</p> <p> <b> status</b> : draft</p> <p> <b> experimental</b> : false</p> <p> <b> date</b> : 2018-07-26</p> <p> <b> publisher</b> : Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)</p> <p> <b> contact</b> : FHIR Project: <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir">http://hl7.org/fhir</a> </p> <p> <b> description</b> : This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhi
        r/search_filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html)</p> <p> <b> purpose</b> : Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot
         express what is required</p> <p> <b> code</b> : _filter</p> <p> <b> base</b> : Resource</p> <p> <b> type</b> : special</p> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/filter"/> 
  <version value="1"/>   <name value="FilterSearchParameter"/>   <title value="Filter Search Parameter"/>   <status value="draft"/>   <experimental value="false"/>   <date value="2018-07-26"/>   <publisher value="Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)"/>   <contact>     <name value="FHIR Project"/>     <telecom>       <system value="url"/>       <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>     </telecom>   </contact>   <description value="This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhir/

  search_filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html)"/> 
  <purpose value="Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot

   express what is required"/> 
  <code value="_filter"/>   <base value="Resource"/>   <type value="special"/> 


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SearchParameter

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Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.