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Available from version 12.202201 |
Various changes have been made to the quick property search function, carried out via the main menu, to increase efficiency and system performance
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Address search only
Only property address details are searched - meaning that no contact names, contact details (e.g. phone number/email) or contact addresses are included - this will result in more relevant property search results being returned
Prior to this release, contact and company details were searched and returned
One Only one wildcard* search applied
Only one wildcard search is used in a search, plus the wildcard is only applied to the end of the search term, this change results in more relevant property search results being returned
Prior to this release, multiple wildcards were applied throughout the search term/phrase
Maximum search result - 50 sales/lettings properties
Up to 50 search results will be shown for each search type in the menu bar - i.e. up to 50 sales properties and 50 lettings properties - this will result in faster searches
To view more than 50 search results, the existing Advanced Search function should be used instead
Prior to this release, 100 results for each search type were shown in the menu bar
No archive search
Only live properties will be returned, archived properties will not be included - this will result in a faster search process
For archived properties, the existing Advanced Search function should be used instead
Prior to this release, archived properties were searched for and shown in the menu bar
*wildcard = a special character that represents one or more other characters in a search
Each change is explained in more detail below, including how to access property quick search:
(click a link to skip to a section)
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Access quick property search function
The quick property search function is accessed via the main menu: |
Address search only
Only property address details are searched Contact/company details held on a property record are no longer searched, meaning no contact names, contact details (e.g. phone number/email) or contact addresses are included in the search
Example Searching using a name will only look at the search term within the property address It will not look at contact or company records containing this search term
e.g. Wilson (which is typically a name) is only returned when it is part of a property address  Image Modified
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This change will generate more relevant search results |
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Only one wildcard* search applied
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*wildcard = a special character that represents one or more other characters in a search |
Only one wildcard search is used in a search The wildcard is only applied to the end of the search term
(, rather than to every space within the search term/phrase), as done previously
Example Searching for ‘65 Long’ will return results that match ‘65’ exactly and start with the full search term in it plus any characters after i‘long’
(‘long’ is the last term within the search and therefore where the wildcard is applied) Prior to this release, a wildcard would also be applied after the number , resulting in any property address being returned containing ‘6' and 'long’ - therefore having the potential to return many potentially irrelevant results (e.g. 6 Long Street, 61 Long Street, 62 Long Street etc.)- for example, searching for ‘6 Long' would have returned the property in the example below, along with ‘61 Long Street, 62 Long Street, 63 Long Street, and so on) - now, searching for '6 long’ will only return properties that contain '6 long’ at the start of the search term 
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This change will generate more relevant search results |
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Up to 50 search results will be shown for each search type in the menu bar
i.e. up to 50 sales properties and 50 lettings properties Where a search has more than 50 results are available, this is indicated as shown below, e.g. 50+ 
To view more than 50 search results, the existing Advanced Search function should be used instead From the bottom of the main menu: Click Advanced Search and select Sales/Lettings Property Search, as appropriate  The Advanced Search screen is displayed showing the full property search results
In this example, there were 97 properties returnedmatching the search term 
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This change results in a quicker search process |
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Example If When searching for a property that is in the archive an archived property via quick property search: If the search does not return any matches, the option to click advanced search is offered  OR, if the search does get live property matches but not the correct one, click Advanced Search at the bottom of the menu bar and select Sales/Lettings Property Search, as appropriate  The Advanced Search screen is displayed pulling through the previous search term
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This change results in a quicker search process |
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