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Browse Choices Search Feature

  • March 30, 2018
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JimHarrison
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We have a large table for Contacts. When on forms we want to select a Contact from the table. There are too many choices and the Browse Choices feature appears. When we search the Choices if the entry is not exact, the search returns nothing.

The Browse Choices feature should return anything that contains the search text, this way users can filter through the results instead of constantly getting no results until the correct search text is hit upon. 

What do you think?

I created this if you agree vote on it. 
https://quickbase.uservoice.com/forums/111823-quick-base-product-feedback/suggestions/33803092-brows...

      I think that your User Voice is premature.  The pop up record Picker Browse function is definitely a contains search.  If you did a trivial search on an "a" without the quotes)  for example you would get tons of hits.

      Are you perhaps searching on two words or partial words and not getting hits?  That would be a different issue as the contains search will be looking for that phrase contained in the text.

      Also note that the initial search is done against the fields showing in that pop up box.  If these are set to be just the default record picker fields, you may want to specify a report in the form to use, so that more fields will be initially searched.
      JimHarrison
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      • JimHarrison
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      • March 30, 2018
      That's what I get. You are correct, I will have to do more research on why another user is having this issue. Garrrr! 

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      JimHarrison
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      • March 30, 2018
      Ok an example. If a name is John W Smith and the user types in John Smith, there are no results.
      • SamJones3
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      • March 30, 2018
      Hey Jim,
      Go here and sign up for a time slot to talk with me and my team. I'm VERY interested in your feedback.
      https://team.quickbase.com/db/bm2ktkaa5

      Also, there's a User Voice post already supporting this work. Please go there and add your votes to it. https://quickbase.uservoice.com/forums/111823/suggestions/32958322

      Sam Jones
      QuickBase Product Manager
       
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