The SmartFinder lookup in Accpac is a propritary function - here's a link for more comments about Smart Finder searches and comparing Adagio and Accpac Plus. (Steve, you happen to have posted to this thread).

As for Steve's question on how to search for items based on descriptions where hundreds of item desc's are similar, yet you wish to have a much smaller 'final selection' list. Maybe the new Optional Fields section in Adagio Inventory 8.0A could be useful to search with?

I don't know that I can provide a satisfactory answer here for you, based on how the Adagio SmartFinder currently works.