[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Related Agents link strangeness

Celia Caust-Ellenbogen ccauste1 at swarthmore.edu
Wed Feb 7 16:53:51 EST 2018


Is there a ticket for this problem, of the default OR instead of AND, yet?
I couldn't find one, so I created it here, if anyone else wants to vote:
https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-427

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Trevor Thornton <trthorn2 at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> We've had this problem in the staff interface. The typeahead functionality
> is basically useless in a lot of cases, but searching with the 'browse'
> modal generally works better. If you're searching for a phrase it always
> works better to wrap it in double quotes to avoid the default OR issue.
>
> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:52 PM, Kevin Clair <Kevin.Clair at du.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> We’ve noticed some peculiar behavior when adding Related Agent links to
>> Corporate Entity records in ArchivesSpace. When typing the name of the
>> Agent we wish to link in the Related Agents form, the typeahead drop-down
>> list populates with unrelated terms. For example, if we were to try and
>> enter a University of Denver constituent unit as the later form of a name
>> for a different DU corporate entity, typing “university of denver” into the
>> text field brings up a drop-down list of mostly Family records. This only
>> happens when the search string contains spaces; searches on a single word
>> bring up more or less the results we would expect.
>>
>>
>>
>> Two screenshots are attached: one with the results when “university” is
>> the search, and one with the results when “university of denver” is the
>> search (the drop-down results are the same whether or not the period is
>> included).
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone else noticed anything like this?
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks!  -k
>>
>>
>>
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