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Mike Weber

Utah, State of

Is there a way to search multiple fields at once? I have a board that lists an entry's first and last name separately, and I would like to search both fields at once.

So a search for 'Pete' would show both Peter Whipple and Dave Peterson.

Mike Weber

May 28, 2009 16:30

Brian Brumfield

TSA-P-RAC (STRAC - Southwest Texas RAC)

Here's a workaround I did, to search multiple fields:

1. Add a hidden field on the input view. In this example, the field is a textarea called SearchText:

2. Add the following javascript in the input view html. The field names in the runWhenSubmitted function will need to be modified for your particular fields. In this example, the board is a contact information directory. All of the fields (first name, last name, phone numbers, etc.) are put into one string variable called strText. strText is then placed into the SearchText field. This technique can be found in the Scriptaculous section of webeoc.com.

function runWhenSubmitted()
{

var strText = document.forms[0].LastName.value + " ";

strText += document.forms[0].FirstName.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Title.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Entity.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Department.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Division.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].OfficePhonePrimary.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].OfficePhoneSecondary.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].CellPhone.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Pager.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Fax.value + " ";
strText += document.forms[0].Notes.value + " ";

document.forms[0].SearchText.value=strText;

}

function SetSubmitHandler()
{
document.forms[0].onsubmit = runWhenSubmitted;
}

window.onload = SetSubmitHandler;

</script>

3. On a display view, use the search tag with the SearchText field. This field does not have to be included in the display board.

June 22, 2009 14:37

Chris Lacasse

This worked really well for me, thanks for the tip. Is anyone familiar with a way to reset the search field? The only way I am able to reset it now is to clear it and then click search again.

July 14, 2009 11:27

Mike Weber

Utah, State of

Christopher,

The only simple way that comes to mind would be to add a 'clear' button after the search button. This would actually do what you described (clear the field and then search for it), but it would do it automatically. I'll see if I can throw the code together and put it up here in the next couple days... unless of course someone else already has it.

Everyone else,

A side question for me; does anybody know of a way to change the default text for the button from 'search' to something else like 'name'?

Also, I am failing miserably at applying this search function multiple times on one page. Every time I enter something into one field, it automatically applies the term to all fields after it as well. So if I search for 'Bob' in the name field, it also searches for Bob in the address, agency, phone number, and radio call-sign at the same time. Which is fine if your name is Bob, you live at Bob, and work for Bob, in the Bob position, but otherwise it isn't very practical. If anyone can give me some insight it would be appreciated, because although this somewhat amusing, it is also extremely annoying at the same time.

July 20, 2009 11:44

Sam Miller

TSA-P-RAC (STRAC - Southwest Texas RAC)

I too have had difficulty in applying the search field multiple times so I tweaked how the custom filter was being formed, so instead of using multiple “search” tags I used the Search tags filter and manually put in the rest with a Textbox and a Select tag. Using the Textbox to input what text I was looking for and using the select box to identify the field I was looking in.

Search Field:
<select name="field">
  <option></option>
  <option value="MesasgeId">County/Jurisdiction</option>
  <option value="positionname">Position</option>
  <option value="type">Type</option>
  <option value="Message">Message</option>
</select>
That Contains
<input type="text" id="searchfield" name="searchfield" value="" />
  <button onclick="   window.top.pageBoard.BoardMgr.ApplyCustomFilter('304',document.getElementById('field').options[document.getElementById('field').selectedIndex].value,document.getElementById('searchfield').value,'false');window.top.internalReloadIgnoreNextRefresh();">
   Search
  </button>
  <button onclick="    window.top.pageBoard.BoardMgr.ApplyCustomFilter('304','MessageId','','false');window.top.internalReloadIgnoreNextRefresh();">
   Clear
  </button>

July 24, 2009 17:04

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