Understanding Infix Search Functionality
TLDR Blend asked if a query for 'Nation' would match 'Army Nation' without infix search. Jason clarified that infix was not necessary in this instance.
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Dec 13, 2022 (10 months ago)
Blend
05:37 PMIf I have a field with value 'Army Nation', and I do a query for "Nation"
is there a match? or do I need to enable
infix
search for that?(trying to understand the meaning of infix search)
Jason
05:55 PMYou only need infix when you want for eg “my” to return “Army” - when you want to search in the middle of strings
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