Thanks Maxine, I had actually just opened that page 5 minutes ago. I like the below comment: if all you need to do is to add the asterisk to the query, then it's possible to add it in the confuguration of the federated location you are using. Since even local searches are routed through the federation layer, as documented here: msdn.microsoft.com/.../ee558338.aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558338.aspx> - "The search result Web Parts in SharePoint Enterprise Search are built on top of the federated search object model." - then you can add the asterisk to the query template of the "Local Search Results" location, like so: {searchTerms}* . It seems to me you'll achieve pretty much the same, no programming needed.
From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Maxine Harwood Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:47 AM To: 'ozMOSS' Subject: RE: People search - wildcards (SPS2010) We ended up using a free web part to replace the existing search - http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2010/05/13/wildcard-search-web-part-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx Works for us. From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:31 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: RE: People search - wildcards (SPS2010) Thanks Paul, Prashanth Not the answer I was looking for :) I'll keep looking though, and if I do find a way, I'll let you know :) From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com<mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com> [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com]<mailto:[mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com]> On Behalf Of Prashanth Thiyagalingam Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 11:20 AM To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com<mailto:ozmoss@ozmoss.com> Subject: RE: People search - wildcards (SPS2010) Faced the same issue even with FAST Search 4 SP.... no default wildcard support... ________________________________ From: paul.no...@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au<mailto:paul.no...@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au> To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com<mailto:ozmoss@ozmoss.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:13:05 +1000 Subject: RE: People search - wildcards (SPS2010) LOL. I just went through the same thing here. Choices: dumb down search, or get your Luddite user base to learn something new? What makes it so funny is that none of these Boolean or wildcard operators are new. Other search engines have had them in place for decades, much to the delight of tech-savvy surfers who use them in order to retrieve a far better result set. The worse thing Google ever did was to dumb it all down. From: ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com<mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com> [mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com]<mailto:[mailto:ozmoss-boun...@ozmoss.com]> On Behalf Of Nigel Hertz Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011 9:06 AM To: ozMOSS Subject: People search - wildcards (SPS2010) Hi all In SharePoint 2010, you can search for people using wildcards if you put an asterisk at the end of the string. Does anyone know of a way to have the people search use wildcards as default, without actually typing in an asterisk? That is how our current solution in MOSS works, and we'd prefer not having to re-train everyone to type asterisks. [cid:image001.png@01CC791D.F492DDE0] Kind Regards, Nigel Hertz SharePoint Administrator & Developer, Information Technology Stockland, Level 25, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000 T: +61 2 9035 2617 M: +61 4 0103 4605 F: +61 2 8988 2617 E: nigel.he...@stockland.com.au<mailto:nigel.he...@stockland.com.au> www.stockland.com.au<http://www.stockland.com.au/> Before printing this email, please consider the environment. ________________________________ Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. _______________________________________________ ozmoss mailing list ozmoss@ozmoss.com<mailto:ozmoss@ozmoss.com> http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss ________________________________ Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stockland Notice: If this communication has been sent to you by mistake, please delete and notify us. If it has been sent to you by mistake, legal privilege is not waived or lost and you are not entitled to use it in any way. Stockland and its subsidiaries reserve the right to monitor e-mail communication through its networks.
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