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Searching Contacts by First Name, Last Name, or a Nickname Using Text Filter Add In
Hi Anonymous,
You could combine the two columns in a new Calculated Table, like this:
Anonymous Thanks for the reply. The end goal is to be able to search by a contact's first, last, and/or nickname.
Ex. I have a contact Douglas Johnson. I want to be able to search by Douglas Johnson or Doug Johnson.
Anonymous -
Ah, I wasn't familiar with the Text Filter visual - pretty nice!
First you would create the table as mentioned above. Then use that new column in the Search Filter visual.
Hope This Helps
Nathan
Actually, scratch the former solution. That won't work, because you would need to create a relationship that wouldn't work. What you can do is add a calculated column to your table. It will concatenate the 2 columns.
SearchColumn = <YourTable>[FullName] & <YourTable>[NickName]
Then you can search on that column.
I'll give this a shot. One of the limitations I have come across with the text filter search is that it does search for all the characters in the criteria it's searching (if that makes sense).
Ex. If I have Douglas D. Johnson and search for Douglas Johnson it will not appear because it is searching for the full name.