Searching bugs

[george_bbch]

Hi,

Are there any instructions for searching bugs by keywords? I'd like to know:
- if the search includes all recorded info: the bug name, description and notes (subject and text) or only some of it
- how to search for multiple keywords (use AND / OR operators, commas, wildcards, etc)

Suggestions (feature requests):
- saved searches
- export search results (including description and notes)

Thanks,
George

[julian]

Hello george_bbch,

I believe we are using MySQL's FULLTEXT search for the 'Keywords' column. The search is being performed against the bug's name and description fields, and is run as a natural language search, so no special operators (AND/OR) are available.

Eventually we'll be moving to Sugar's new portal framework, so I expect some of the features you suggested will be present.

[margreet]

HI,
I have problems with searching.

For example:
In the advanced search option I type in one word of an account.

what do I expect
That Sugar is presenting all the result with that word in it.

what do I get
I don't get anything, because I need to write in the search engine the exact first word the accountname starts with.

conclusion
This is not very practical. Do I do something wrong? Do I miss something?

Please let me know.

[susiewilliams]

Hi there,


This thread has to do with searching the bugs portal and not searching within Sugar itself, but I think I can give you an answer to your question.

Put a percent (%) sign before your first keyword. That will signify that you want to find that keyword somewhere within the string. For example, to search for my name (Susie Williams) I could type this:

%usie
%Williams

(you get the idea).

Hope this helps.

[margreet]

He Susie,

Thanks a lot!
It's working. Great.

Maybe you can also tell me where I can customize the search engine?
I would like to add a pulldown menu I made instead of the pulldown menu 'industry'.

Please let me know!
Margreet

[julian]

Hello Margreet,

I believe the setup() function in ./include/SearchForm/SearchForm.php is responsible for pulling dropdown lists. This is where you would make your customization.

Also, please keep in mind that this code will all be changing when Sugar 5.0 is released. If you'd like to access a Developer Preview to begin looking through the code, check here:

http://www.sugarforge.org/projects/sugardevbuild50/