Use this utility to select a random record in a text file. Select the text file to search, and press go. Your random record will be quickly generated. The software also logs all parameters to a log file for audit purposes. Easy HR Random Record Finder defines a record as a single line of text in a text file.
Potential Uses:
Find the winner of a lucky door prize.
Randomly select an employee's name.
select the winner of a lottery.
Select the prize for a specified winner.
Reads any common text file.
Randomly assign people to workgroups.
Key Benefits:
Automatically determines the number of records to search.
User can specify text file to search.
Keeps searching until a valid (non blank) record is returned.
Tells user how many blank records exist in the file.
Keeps a log file of each number generated and the parameters used to generate that number.
Text files can be created from most database software, in addition to Microsoft Access and Excel.