About relationships that return a range of records
A relationship that returns a range of records is similar to a multi-criteria relationship, except that you use comparative operators to find records that are greater than one of your criteria and less than your other criteria. This type of relationship is commonly used to return records that fall between a range of dates or serial numbers.
For example, from within TableE you would like to view all the records in TableF that have DateFieldF values that are greater than StartingDateE and less than EndingDateE.
In the relationships graph, the Multi-criteria indicator symbol indicates that different relational operators are being used in this relationship.
Two tables with lines between two fields showing a relationship that will return a range of records
Section of Edit Relationship dialog box showing multi-criteria relationship using comparative operators
This relationship returns records from TableF that have a DateFieldF value that is later than StartingDateE and earlier than EndingDateE.
For example, when the StartingDateE value is 11/01/2014 and the EndingDateE value is 12/01/2014, the relationship returns the following related records from TableF.
 
Records from TableF:
Returns
11/14/2014
blue
11/27/2014
green
When the StartingDateE value is 12/01/2014 and the EndingDateE value is 01/01/2015, the relationship returns the following related records.
 
Records from TableF:
Returns
12/02/2014
red
12/15/2014
yellow
12/17/2014
orange
12/26/2014
brown
Related topics 
About single-criteria relationships
About multi-criteria relationships
About relationships using comparative operators
About self-joining relationships
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