Search content by partial strings
We are not able to use a partial string when searching in conversations or for names of files shared in conversations. Example: file name is "Collaboration Productivity Overview." I can use one of these words and find the file, but I cannot use part of a word such as "collab" or "Prod" and locate the file. It finds onlt references that used these exact characters. This becomes a problem when we are looking for reference to a client, whose name is spelled in several different ways by different users. If we could enter just the first few letters, or use a wildcard, it would allow us to find the information. If we have to guess how it was spelled in the conversation, or in the file name, then we will miss references to the client.
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Ken
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Skype's lack of search functionality is why we switched from it to Slack. Now we're trying to move from Slack to Teams, but the inability to match partial strings is a big limitation. Example: I can remember that an email address a colleague messaged me has "inbox" in it, but I can't remember the rest of it. Teams is meant to record this kind of information and chat exchanges for us, to serve as a record. But if I can't search for text with "inbox" in order to fin the rest of the string (inbox1234@....) then what good is it? Partial string search is very important and it's absence in Teams is a large drawback to using it.
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Anonymous
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I agree. Outlook's email search can search partial words, Teams should be able to as well.
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AB.
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+100500 votes for it, it should be exist in windows app!
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Anonymous
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Teams is a collaboration tool. Users post info using their own keywords. In order to find all relevant info from Teams it is imperative that one can search on part of a keyword.
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Anonymous
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Windows app needs partial searches. This is an expected feature for almost any user base in today's world.
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Pelle Andersson
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It also works with partial search in the Android app but not in the Windows app for Windows 10.
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Tim B
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I have noticed the Teams app for iOS allows for partial word search. In your example above, "collab" would produce results in the Mobie app, but the same exact search in Windows app does not :(
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Anonymous
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Yep, that is 100% needed. Very troublesome to find the appropriate material in Teams without that ability.