Search not finding IDs with dashes

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Tannahill Systems: documents · Search not finding IDs with dashes

Scott Galbraith reported that searching for IDs with dashes returns no results, but searching without the dashes works. Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and escalated to engineering.

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Scott Galbraith reported that searching for IDs with dashes returns no results, but searching without the dashes works. Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and escalated to engineering.

Problem: Search function removes dashes from search input before matching. This breaks lookups for any IDs that contain dashes, which is common in many business systems.

Handling: Bethan Lister reproduced the issue and identified the root cause in an internal note: search removes dashes from input before matching. She escalated to Samir Haddad in engineering. Scott asked about workarounds while waiting for the fix.

Watch: This is a significant search reliability issue affecting daily workflows. The support team uses ID lookups regularly and this blocks their work.

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created · Scott Galbraith 3 Feb 2025 12:26
Our support team can't search for IDs that have dashes in them. When they search for an ID with a dash, nothing comes back, but searching without the dash works. This is affecting how we find records. How do we search for IDs with dashes?
public_reply · Bethan Lister 3 Feb 2025 14:07
Hi Scott, can you try that and tell me what you see? Are you searching from the dashboard or somewhere else? Thanks, Bethan
internal_note · Bethan Lister 5 Feb 2025 13:17
Reproduced: search removes dashes from input before matching. Escalating to Samir in engineering.
public_reply · Scott Galbraith 5 Feb 2025 14:09
Thanks for looking into it. Is there anything we can do on our side while this is being fixed?
status_change · Bethan Lister 20 Feb 2025 15:55
status_change · 24 Feb 2025 23:59

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