Package: odoo-addon-base-name-search-improved
Extends the name search feature to use additional, more relaxed
matching methods, and to allow searching into configurable additional
record fields.The name search is the lookup feature to select a related record.
For example, selecting a Customer on a new Sales order.For example, typing “john brown” doesn’t match “John M. Brown”.
The relaxed search also looks up for records containing all the words,
so “John M. Brown” would be a match.
It also tolerates words in a different order, so searching
for “brown john” also works.Additionally, an Administrator can configure other fields to also lookup into.
For example, Customers could be additionally searched by City or Phone number.How it works:Regular name search is performed, and the additional search logic is only
triggered if not enough results are found.
This way, no overhead is added on searches that would normally yield results.But if not enough results are found, then additional search methods are tried.
The specific methods used are:Try regular search on each of the additional fieldsTry ordered word search on each of the search fieldsTry unordered word search on each of the search fieldsAll results found are presented in that order,
hopefully presenting them in order of relevance.Table of contentsConfigurationUsageKnown issues / RoadmapBug TrackerCreditsAuthorsContributorsOther creditsMaintainersConfigurationThe fuzzy search is automatically enabled on all Models.
Note that this only affects typing in related fields.
The regularsearch(), used in the top right search box, is not affected.Additional search fields can be configured at Settings > Technical > Database > Models,
using the “Name Search Fields” field.UsageJust type into any related field, such as Customer on a Sale Order.Known issues / RoadmapAlso use fuzzy search, such as the Levenshtein distance:https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/fuzzystrmatch.htmlThe list of additional fields to search could benefit from caching, for efficiency.This feature could also be implemented for regularsearchon thenamefield.While adding m2o or other related field that also have an improved name search, that improved name search is not used (while if name_search is customizend on a module and you add a field of that model on another model it works ok). Esto por ejemplo es en productos si agregamos campo “categoría pública” y a categoría pública le ponemos “parent_id”. Entonces vamos a ver que si buscamos por una categoría padre no busca nada, en vez si hacemos esa lógica en name_search de modulo si funcionaBug TrackerBugs are tracked onGitHub Issues.
In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported.
If you spotted it first, help us to smash it by providing a detailed and welcomedfeedback.Do not contact contributors directly about support or help with technical issues.CreditsAuthorsDaniel ReisADHOC SAContributorsDaniel Reis <https://github.com/dreispt>Kitti U. <kittiu@ecosoft.co.th> (migrate to v14)Radovan Skolnik <radovan@skolnik.info>Other creditsThe development of this module has been financially supported by:Odoo Community AssociationMaintainersThis module is maintained by the OCA.OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and
promote its widespread use.This module is part of theOCA/server-toolsproject on GitHub.You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visithttps://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute.