[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Query re search functionality - ArchivesSpace 3.1

Tue Dec 14 07:32:48 EST 2021

Hi Isobel

In versions 2.8.0 (maybe 2.8.1) forward, there are additional options to set browse/search sort order that also affect the typeaheads. Go to the dropdown by your username in the top right and set the default sort column and direction in either the global or repo settings (depends on your need).

The sort column & direction defaults to title, ascending for pretty much everything which makes it really hard to find things in the typeaheads. I think the default should probably have been relevance, descending which is what I've set ours to.

Hope that helps,
Joshua

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From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of Isobel Johnstone <isjohnst at nla.gov.au>
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Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Query re search functionality - ArchivesSpace 3.1

Hi all,

We’re in the process of upgrading from ArchivesSpace 2.1.2 to ArchivesSpace 3.1.1. We’ve noticed some differences in search functionality, notably when searching for Resources/Accessions in Top Containers (“Manage Top Containers” –> searching in the “Resource” or “Accession” fields).

e.g. Searching by Identifier or Title in our current instance brings up the relevant collection at the top search result; when we perform the same searches in AS 3.1, the relevant collection appears very low down the dropdown list of search results, or not at all. Searching in inverted commas doesn’t make a noticeable difference.

Has anyone else experienced this? And any tips about how to improve the search results?

Thanks for your help,

Isobel

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