Custom Profile fields search option

[Richard Arch]

I've noticed that some Field types do not allow the Search behaviour to be changed, the option is not displayed. 

For example, adding a new custom profile field with a type of Text does allow the Search to be altered.

But changing the Field type to Number does not.

These other types also do not allow the search to be changed: Address, Checkbox, Code, Color, Date, Member, Poll, Rating, Upload and Yes/No.

Is this a bug or intentional?  I should point out that this as been checked on a local install of v4.7.11 beta 1.

[Jim M]

Only certain field types would have the ability to modify their search selections. Namely due to the types of data which those fields contain.

[Richard Arch]

We can search for both Text and Number types from the advanced Member search, it doesn't disable that ability.  In this case I want to disable the search ability to prevent them being seen from the advanced Member search. 

The fields are set to Officials only to prevent them from showing in the members profile but they will learn of there existence if the try a Member search.

[Jim M]

In looking into this issue, I found a bug where fields shown to only staff are still visible so I have submitted a bug for that. I have also asked for some investigation on what you're stating here on visibility of all fields. The search pattern for some would be restricted based on data but whether or not they show up, I am unsure if this is intended.

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention! I can confirm this should be further reviewed and I have logged an internal bug report for our development team to investigate and address as necessary, in a future maintenance release.

 

[Richard Arch]

Nice, thanks Jim.

[Marc]

This issue has been resolved in our recent 4.7.14 release of the platform. Please upgrade to resolve the issue, and if you see any further problems at that point, please let us know.