Lyra Research, Inc.

LYRA REASERCH, INC.

The Lyra Web Guide

Welcome to Lyra Access Data Program Guide. Feel free to print this document if you think it necessary. To jump directly to a particular topic, click the links below:

System Requirements
General
Searching
Notice
Technical Support

 

System Requirements

To use The Lyra Web, you must have version 6.0 or greater of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Newer versions of the Opera browser also work well with this web application. However, Firefox unfortunately has some issues regarding login credentials with The Lyra Web application. 

General 
Here are some features available in The Lyra Web:
  • Given appropriate access, registered clients can search our Printer database for technical specification ...
  • You can compare printers and save the result in an Excel format.
  • Other features...
Searching

Here is a table showing what to type in the search fields to create a search criteria:

Description What to type/Example Applies To This Search Field

To find a string of words like the title of an article, enclose the search string with double quotes.

"Ricoh Seeks Edge" Keyword

To find more than one series of texts, separate the quoted strings with a comma or a space.

"Ricoh Seeks Edge","Xerox ColorQube" Keyword

To find two or more words separately, just type in the word or words separated by a comma or a space.

HP,Ricoh,IBM
HP Ricoh IBM
Keyword

To find a string anywhere in the field, like products containing dtn in its name

dtn Product

To find a string at the beginning of the field, like a brand that begins with Canon in its name

Canon..Canonz

Brand

To find an exact string, like find Canon and not Canon Computer, etc.

=Canon

Brand, Product

To find record excluding the search string. Example: find all records excluding Epson

<>Epson

Brand, Product

To find a range of alphanumeric values.
Example: Find all vendors from 3M to Brother

3M..Brother

Brand, Product

To find more than one search strings, like Epson or Sony or Xerox

Epson,Sony,Xerox

Brand, Product

To find all records Released or Published on or after 1/1/09 and on or before 6/1/09

1/1/09..6/1/09

Date Released, Date Published

 

Notice

Information users of this site should know:

  • This site is under beta test...
Technical Support
If you need technical assistance using The Lyra Web Application, call Arsenio Tacardon at 617-454-2624, or or send email through the Contact Us page .

 

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