topic Changing Search minimum number of terms in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/changing-search-minimum-number-of-terms/m-p/283369#M236499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am customizing Alfresco Share 5.0.d and I would like to make the minimum number of search terms 0 in all places where there is a search. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I found the solution in an old forum topic, which is to add the following code to share-config-custom.xml:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;!–<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Overridden Search config entries to:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - remove minimum search term length for all searches.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Search" replace="true"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;search&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– default minimum length for search terms –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;min-search-term-length&gt;0&lt;/min-search-term-length&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– default maximum number of results for a search –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;max-search-results&gt;250&lt;/max-search-results&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/search&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/config&gt;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!–<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Overridden form-config.xml entries to:<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - remove minimum search term length for people searches.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;config&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;forms&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;default-controls&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;!– WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/site-webscripts/org/… –&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="association:cm:person" template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/authority.ftl"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;control-param name="minSearchTermLength"&gt;0&lt;/control-param&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="association:cm:authority" template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/authority.ftl"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;control-param name="minSearchTermLength"&gt;0&lt;/control-param&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;type name="association:cm:authorityContainer" template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/authority.ftl"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;control-param name="minSearchTermLength"&gt;0&lt;/control-param&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/type&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/default-controls&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/forms&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/config&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This works perfectly. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, there is one more place where there is a minimum number of search terms: Manage Permissions (of a document or folder) -&gt; Add User/Group -&gt; Search. The minimum number of search terms here is 3.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can I configure this to be 0? My last resort will be to change the file authority-finder.get.js, but I know it is not recommended to edit JavaScript files.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be appreciated. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Voula</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:57:18 GMT voula_11 2015-06-05T19:57:18Z Changing Search minimum number of terms https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/changing-search-minimum-number-of-terms/m-p/283369#M236499 I am customizing Alfresco Share 5.0.d and I would like to make the minimum number of search terms 0 in all places where there is a search. I found the solution in an old forum topic, which is to add the following code to share-config-custom.xml:&lt;!–&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Overridden Search config entries to:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:57:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/changing-search-minimum-number-of-terms/m-p/283369#M236499 voula_11 2015-06-05T19:57:18Z Re: Changing Search minimum number of terms https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/changing-search-minimum-number-of-terms/m-p/283370#M236500 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Although this customization successfully changes the minimum number of search terms to 0, it actually breaks the Search functionality. Now when I search for anything in the Main Search, I always get "0 results found" (no matter what I search for). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When I revert back to the original configuration, the Search works again. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How can I change the minimum number of search terms to 0 without breaking the Search functionality?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:44:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/changing-search-minimum-number-of-terms/m-p/283370#M236500 voula_11 2015-06-05T21:44:43Z