Searching for assets with hyphen in name

[lmf]

I'm not sure if this is an open bug or limited to my installation. Trying to search for a name using the portion after a hyphen in the name does not return any results.

Example:

Computer name: ConfRm-Board
Search: board

No results are returned. If the search is

confrm-b

I get the above name in the list.

[steveb]

%25 works as the wildcard search ex. %25G1234 or %251234 and also works for partial searches etc.  That is what we do.

[lmf]

Thanks for that workaround. That helps quite a bit!

[rom]

Me personally, I use a report of whatever criteria (all assets, all windows, whatever)  and type what i'm looking for in the assetname column filter -  hyphens work there (example: win10-vdi-01, or -vdi, etc).  It may be two extra clicks, but it also returns whatever information you want it to - which I prefer over the limited asset info returned in a global search result page... 

[treespanner]

Lansweeper should address this.  I use LS all day while working and waste much time typing the same 7 characters to finally have the machine I need visible in search.  Frustrating.

[lmf]

Still an issue, really limits the ability to search.

[izykopa]

Wildcards would help to keep it efficient, but they are not only not working, but showing potential SQL Injection vulnerability instead. I guess there is no other solution than feature request to Lansweeper, as it's certainly not a database limitation but search engine limitation (probably to help reduce the load).

[esr]

Using the primary search box, top of every page?

Doesn't help much, but it's always been that way. Believe it's a database limitation.

We use a PC naming process that starts with a letter followed by several digits. If we search for a correct number the asset isn't returned, the leading letter is required.

We do get similar serial numbers or other numeric results, but no asset.

Example: Asset named G12345678
Search: 12345678 - asset not located
Search: G1234 - all assets starting with those characters are returned
Search: G12345678 - The specific asset is returned.