Microsoft query help

I need this query to have officename is is not null and prompt the user for the officename. The prompt is what I don't know how to do since there is already "is not" in the criteria.

SELECT Complaints.ComplaintNo, Complaints.CaseName, Complaints.PostSiezure955Date, qryOfficerName.OfficerName, Complaints.TargetDate, Complaints.Stats2
FROM (qryOfficerName INNER JOIN Officers ON qryOfficerName.ContactID = Officers.ContactID) INNER JOIN Complaints ON Officers.ContactID = Complaints.OfficerID
WHERE (((qryOfficerName.OfficerName) Is Not Null) AND ((Complaints.Stats2) Not In ("closed")))
ORDER BY Complaints.ComplaintNo;

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J.R. Sitman

8/22/2022 - Mon

aikimark

6/30/2017

If officename is not null will be in your query, the only rows will have a non-null officename value.

You might need a union query, where the first query in the list contains non-null officename rows and the second query would contain a prompted value for the officename.
Example:

SELECT Officename, Complaints.ComplaintNo, Complaints.CaseName, Complaints.PostSiezure955Date, qryOfficerName.OfficerName, Complaints.TargetDate, Complaints.Stats2
FROM (qryOfficerName INNER JOIN Officers ON qryOfficerName.ContactID = Officers.ContactID) INNER JOIN Complaints ON Officers.ContactID = Complaints.OfficerID
WHERE (((qryOfficerName.OfficerName) Is Not Null) AND ((Complaints.Stats2) Not In ("closed")))
And Officename Is Not Null
UNION ALL
SELECT [Enter Missing Office Name], Complaints.ComplaintNo, Complaints.CaseName, Complaints.PostSiezure955Date, qryOfficerName.OfficerName, Complaints.TargetDate, Complaints.Stats2
FROM (qryOfficerName INNER JOIN Officers ON qryOfficerName.ContactID = Officers.ContactID) INNER JOIN Complaints ON Officers.ContactID = Complaints.OfficerID
WHERE (((qryOfficerName.OfficerName) Is Not Null) AND ((Complaints.Stats2) Not In ("closed")))
And Officename Is Null
ORDER BY Complaints.ComplaintNo

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J.R. Sitman

6/30/2017

ASKER

It prompts me for a "missing officer name" I want it to prompt for the officer name. See attached

aikimark

6/30/2017

So, which is it, "Office name" or "Officer name"?

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J.R. Sitman

6/30/2017

ASKER

sorry. officername

aikimark

6/30/2017

SELECT Complaints.ComplaintNo, Complaints.CaseName, Complaints.PostSiezure955Date, 
qryOfficerName.OfficerName, Complaints.TargetDate, Complaints.Stats2
FROM (qryOfficerName INNER JOIN Officers ON qryOfficerName.ContactID = Officers.ContactID) 
INNER JOIN Complaints ON Officers.ContactID = Complaints.OfficerID
WHERE (((qryOfficerName.OfficerName) Is Not Null) AND ((Complaints.Stats2) Not In ("closed")))
UNION ALL
SELECT Complaints.ComplaintNo, Complaints.CaseName, Complaints.PostSiezure955Date, 
[Enter Missing Office Name], Complaints.TargetDate, Complaints.Stats2
FROM (qryOfficerName INNER JOIN Officers ON qryOfficerName.ContactID = Officers.ContactID) 
INNER JOIN Complaints ON Officers.ContactID = Complaints.OfficerID
WHERE (((qryOfficerName.OfficerName) Is Null) AND ((Complaints.Stats2) Not In ("closed")))
ORDER BY Complaints.ComplaintNo

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J.R. Sitman

6/30/2017

ASKER

It's giving me all the officers, not just the name I enter.

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Helen Feddema

6/30/2017

If you want just results for a certain Officer Name, it might be better to do this via a form with a combo box for selecting that name (or better, the key ID field of that record), and use it to return filtered results. See my Fancy Filters sample database (attached). Here is a screen shot of the form: