Qlik Sense, Search Tool behavior vs Text Search

[Joseph_Musekura]

The search tool is available when you are analyzing data on a sheet. The search tool works similarly to a text search.

But for the search tool to work, a value must consist of at least two characters and you cannot use wildcards, expressions, operators, or anything similar to modify the search.

Environment:

Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows 
Qlik Cloud 
Qlik Sense Business 

This is working as designed. 

Example: Use attached *.qvf

Example 1:

1. Load these two fields in Qlik Sense:
   

    Load * Inline [
         F1, F2
        1, a
        2, b
        3, c
        4, d
        5, e
        ];​

2. Add the two fields F1, F2 on a sheet.
3. Use search tool and search for 1 or 2 or 3 or a or b or  c  = > no result displayed

Example 2:

1. Review above and add a third field F3 as shown below
   

     Load * Inline [
       F1, F2, F3
       1, a, ab
       2, b, bc
       3, c, c
       4, d, dfg
       5, e, fgh
       ];​

2. Add F1, F2 , F3 on a sheet.
3. Use the search tool and search a or b   =  > the result is displayed because a or b belong to a value that consists of at least two characters (in Field F3)
4. Search for 1 or c   =  > no result displayed