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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 4, 2021

Imported db view: SEARCH TYPE other than NONE

For imported view objects—>text attributes:

It would be helpful if we could set the SEARCH TYPE to values other than NONE (such as WILDCARD or EXACT). SEARCH TYPE is read-only for imported views.

That would allow us to do things like search on the view attributes in the WOTRACK Advanced Search window. We can't do that if the SEARCH TYPE is NONE.

Currently, the way IBM Support recommends to do this is through a back-end SQL update and restarting the application server (not a practical option).

Or we can use MxLoader (or flat-file Application Import) to update the Search Type. We can do that by updating pending db config changes in MAXOBJECTCFG. But we really shouldn't need to use MxLoader for that. It should be possible to do it through the UI.

Idea priority Medium