Ideas Portal
What specific challenge or problem does this idea solve? |
When searching for a student or parent one types in their name. The system matches exactly what is typed into the field which is great! However, when parents self register we are finding that they frequently leave a space after their first or last names when filling out the forms (staff probably does it too though we are aware of the issue). This leads to no search results when we search for a student or parent in the system to accept payments, audit reports, etc. If the system learned to ignore any spaces after names it would result in searches that produce results since we don't know who's name has these extra spaces until we do a search and can't find someone. |
How should this work? |
Write code that allows the system to search for an exact string of characters plus additional spaces after that character string. ie. a search for joe smith will return results for joe, joe_, joe__, joe___, etc. smith, smith_, smith__, etc. where "_" represents spacebar input. |
Who will benefit (Admins, Staff, Students)? |
Admins and staff searching for students and parents when we need to look up their accounts. |
How will this change impact your daily tasks or overall experience? |
It will make searches more productive and functional on a near daily basis. |
