[admin-settings] Users: Unexpected search result

[hurradieweltgehtunter]

Steps to reproduce

1. Add user 1:
   Username: smuchatnov
   Name: "Sergej Muchatnov"
   Email: [email protected]

2. Add user 2:
   Username: sganser
   Name: Susanne Ganser
   Email: [email protected]

3. Search user list, type "serg"

Expected behaviour

User "Sergej Muchatnov" is the only search result.

Actual behaviour

Both users appear as search result. "Serg" is highlighted in row "Sergej Muchatnov", in row "Susanne Ganser" nothing is highlighted.

[JammingBen]

This applies to all search fields across the platform (users, groups, spaces, space members, filters). I had a quick look into it, apparently we do this on purpose ("fuzzy search").

But I agree that the result is kinda misleading. @tbsbdr What do you think, remove the fuzziness?

[hurradieweltgehtunter]

Could you explain "fuzzyness"? Why is a user displayed who hasn't the search term in any entity?

[JammingBen]

Could you explain "fuzzyness"? Why is a user displayed who hasn't the search term in any entity?

Sure, sorry for the technical slang 😄

A fuzzy search generally does not require a 100% match between your search term and the search result. That way, a search engine can deal with type errors. E.g. you want to search for einstein, but you misspell it:einstien. A fuzzy search will still show you einstein as a result. You already know this behaviour from big search engines like Google.

The more fuzzy a search engine is, the more inaccurate it gets. That can be blessing and curse at the same time.

In this specific case I'm afraid the fuzziness brings more confusion than benefit.

[hurradieweltgehtunter]

Thank you for the explanation. In this case, searching for users, fuzzyness maybe isn't appropriate and should be turned off?

[tbsbdr]

yes, please turn fuzzyness off for user search 👍