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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Cognos Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 31, 2019

Ability to set "Contains" as the default search option in Select and Search prompt

By default, the Select and Search prompt uses "Start with any of these keywords" as the default search option. This search option does not provide an optimal user experience.

On most cases, the users usually remember only part of the string they are trying to search by. And, that necessarily may not be the beginning of the keyword(i.e., If I was looking for all companies named "Hathaway." The search results would not contain "Berkshire Hathaway Inc." Since it does not begin with "Hathway."

The users are forced having to select "Contains with any of these keywords" as the search option, before actually searching the prompt. This adds an unnecessary click to the user. Sometimes in a hurry, they forget to set this setting, and it adds to their frustration.

There are of course JavaScripts available which can be leveraged to accomplish the above. But, those are not supported, and if IBM changes the source code during one of the upgrades, then it becomes an unnecessary headache for IT teams to have to come up with an update script.

It would be nice if this functionality came out of the box.

Needed by Date Aug 31, 2019
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    Aug 18, 2021

    Yet another classical need in day to day report authoring. IBM?