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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM MAS - Manage (Base)
Categories Asset/Work Management
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 14, 2025

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Support for text search on description fields

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We are currently in process of upgrading our Maximo application from 7.6.1.3 to MAS 9 (IBM DB2) and we thought the below could be an issue for end users:

 

Text searches produce faster search responses than wildcard searches. Fields that are text-search enabled have text search indexes and, therefore, result in a faster search response. If an object is enabled for text search, the full text searches on the attributes provided.


You can specify a text search type on description fields of tables with large numbers of rows, for example, tens of thousands of rows. The text search engine takes time to refresh the indexes, so new records might not be found until the text search index refreshes itself. Stem search is also performed. For example, a search for service returns servicing and serviced.

This feature being taken away would not allow users to search for records as they do it in our current version and the description field one of the topmost search fields for our users to find records on a regular basis. Also taking away this feature would require additional training to the users, changing from what they are accustomed to an easier and effective way to a slower less intuitive wild card search method.

 

 

Idea priority Medium
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