Remove requirment for middle initial or full first name when searching for event participants

Currently required to add middle initial when searchng list of hundreds of reunion event registrants. Who knows this info? Or accept wildcards for search.

Would be nice if search could find any match such as Brad Smith for Bradley Smith or allow wildcard.

  • JoAnn Strommen
  • Jun 16 2021
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    Samantha McGuin commented
    June 17, 2021 17:12

    Thanks for the additional info, JoAnn! I was able to reproduce this and now see clearly what the problem is. I've passed this onto my team. This is a tricky area - we have to keep performance in mind given the importance of this list - but we'll look to see if there's any quick changes we can make to how the search works.

    I'll keep this open for voting and I'll update the status if we find a change that will help!

    --Samantha

  • JoAnn Strommen commented
    June 17, 2021 14:47

    Samantha,

    In webview, we are going to Events, clicking on blue # of participants and then entering a name in search bar. Yes, if I only enter Br or Brad it will pull every name with "Br" or "Brad". This can be a tremendously large pull with multiple pages of results.

    If I enter Brad Smith, results are null. If I enter Bradley Smith, results are null. To get this specific record I have to enter Bradley K. Smith. Have tried "Bra Smi" too. Null results.

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    Samantha McGuin commented
    June 17, 2021 13:44

    Hi JoAnn,

    Currently from the participant list, the search box allows a partial search. For example, if I type in "Be" in my sample environment and hit enter, I received the following results that included all variations of participants who had "Be" in any portion of their first or last name, or email address.

    Can you tell me more about where you're seeing different functionality? Are you searching for participants somewhere other than the participant list?

    Thanks!

    Samantha McGuin
    Principal Product Manager