People

Search Box¶

Finding the right people and Involvements is vital. Therefore, we have robust search mechanisms built into TouchPoint.

Search¶

The Search box in the header works like Google search. You enter some data and we search both People and Involvements to return any matching results.

We also have other options available from this search box:

Find Person page
Involvement Search page
Search Builder

- New Search

- Last Search

- Saved Searches

- Recent Saved Searches

How Does Search Work?¶

As you begin to type, after two characters, a list will begin to populate with matches. Do not click Enter or Return. Select the one you want when it appears in the list.

It searches for the following:

Last Name - all or partial
Last Name, a comma and part or all of a First Name
Partial First a space and Last Name
First Name or Partial First Name
A People ID #
An Involvement ID #
If the ID # entered matches both a person and an Involvement, both will be displayed.

Tip

You can search using a Maiden Name or an Alt Name just as you would a Last Name. Also, Chinese churches can search using Chinese characters in any of the name fields.

See below for more about Alt Name, searches, and Chinese characters.

The list will be populated with as many as 6 different people matches and 4 different Involvement matches. Involvements will be matched by the name of the Involvement which contains the phrase you have typed in. Also, an Involvement Leader will be matched for the Involvement, too.

If you do not see the person or Involvement you are looking for by using the Search text box, you will want to use either People > Find or Involvements > Search / Manage where you can add more information to narrow your search.

Note

This function requires that 2 characters (letters or numbers) be entered before it will begin to auto-populate. Therefore, to find people or Involvements whose ID number consists of only 1 digit, you can enter a leading zero.

Note

Deceased records and Archived records will not appear in the results of a Quick Search. If you would like to search for those people records, you may use the Basic People Search or Search Builder.

More about Alt Name¶

If you want the Alt Name to display along with the normal name in the results list add the Admin Setting ShowAltNameOnSearchResults and set the value as true.

If you want to search by part of the Alt Name with Chinese characters without always using the first character add the Admin Setting UseAltNameContains and set the value as true.