Multi-field searching

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02 December 2016 16:45

Instant search is working well in our sites but I have a few users who want to be able to search on multiple fields (e.g. surname and first name). I'm sure there's a workkflow out there that allows users to search on multiple fields. Does anyone want to share? Pretty please?

 

GE 4.5.1

 

GVH 2.6.1

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  Amanda Frech

  24 December 2016 00:31

  Hi Rebecca,

   

  That should be plenty easy to do with just a DisplayForm and QueryTask activity, the question is just how much you need the search suggestions that Instant Search provides.  You can use an AutoCompleteBox to get search suggestions, but it would be bound by the following restrictions:

  1. only one field can be displayed in each autocomplete box
  2. you can't use the result from other list items to help determine search suggestions in an autocomplete box on the same form.  So if you had an autocomplete box for first name and one for last name side by side, the last name one would have to give you suggestions for ALL possible last names and not just ones that were valid with the first name that was entered. If you wanted to get around that, they could be on their own forms (with a "Next" button on the first one).

  If you don't need the search suggestions there's much less to work around.  Let us know how you would envision this looking/working.

   

  Amanda

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