This continues to be a problem, especially when trying to do merges, as the system will only show a few records that match the digits you put in. If there are a lot of aliases, using those digits, the correct record does not come up unless you search by donor name -- which is a big problem when there are many donors with same name.

So that's why this is happening! Yes, I second this! For constituents with both a common name and a Constituent ID with only a few numeric characters (a scenario I've encountered a few times already), it's very difficult to find the correct record. You can find the person in a plain Constituent search from the home search bar if you hit 'Enter' after searching, b/c then it shows the Constituent ID for all matches. However, if you're trying to pull such a person into a relationship, that search bar doesn't allow for this functionality. All you can do is search by name or Constituent ID, both of which may sometimes pull up too many matches.