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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

How to enable first name search in Lotus Connections

Here's a quick tip. By default, you may have noticed that when you do a search by name on Lotus Connections, you are expected to enter the full name. However, what if you want to search by just first name?

It's simple. All you have to do, is enable this in one of the configuration files. Follow this process to enable first name search in Lotus Connections:

  1. Go to <WAS_PROFILE_ROOT>/config/cells/<CELLNAME>/LotusConnections-config
  2. Save a backup of profiles-config.xml
  3. Look for the search section (as seen below)
  4. Change the value of firstNameSearch from false to true
  5. Save the file
  6. Restart the Profiles system
<search>
<departmentSearchOnCode>false</departmentSearchOnCode>
<departmentField>organization</departmentField>
<locationSearchOnCode>false</locationSearchOnCode>
<maxRowsToReturn>250</maxRowsToReturn>
<pageSize>10</pageSize>
<firstNameSearch enabled="true" />
<kanjiNameSearch enabled="true" default="false" />
</search>

Enjoy!

2 comments:

  1. Frode DanielsenOctober 8, 2008 at 9:48 AM

    Have tried this at a customer. Having trouble with users with two first names. Not getting any result with either searching for first firstname or both firstnames. Any tips for that?

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  2. Luis BenitezOctober 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM

    Hi Frode,

    What happens if you type in the firstname and an asterisk (*) after it? Does it work then?

    Also, when you are populating the profiles database, are you putting both first names in the PROF_GIVEN_NAME column?

    Finally, you may want to consider posting the issue to the Lotus Connections forum: http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcforum.nsf

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