Enable "contains" (partial match) filtering in Text input facets in SAS Visual Investigator

[Maayan_Oscar]

Hi,

In Visual Investigator, Filter Facets of type term with text input currently support only exact match filtering (field = value). There is no option to filter by partial text or "contains".

For example, if a field value is "Incident reported by citizen", the user must type the full value exactly. It would be much more useful to allow typing just part of the text, such as “by citizen”, and return all matching records.

Supporting partial match or "contains" filtering in text input facets would make filtering more intuitive and efficient for everyday use, especially when users don’t know the exact value in advance.

Thank you!

[pmvi]

Thank you for sharing this suggestion!

In Visual Investigator, filter facets are designed to provide fast, structured filtering based on exact values, leveraging indexed keyword fields. Supporting partial matching within facets would require a different query model and could impact performance and consistency of facet behavior, especially at scale.

Similar outcomes can be achieved through search capabilities, which are designed to support more flexible matching while maintaining performance.

Based on this, we do not currently plan to support partial match (“contains”) filtering within facets, but we will continue to monitor feedback in this area.