LDS Tools for iPhone Name Search Results
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:25 pm
Using LDS Tools for iPhone version 2.4.3(95), the search results for a name on the main directory list are not correct and returns many incorrect results.
For example, a search of 'Douglas' for my ward (not stake) returns about 39 results. A couple of notes about this:
- There are only about 3-4 people with 'Douglas' in their name - first, middle or last. These are the ones I expect to see.
- My own name is Douglas and my preferred name is Doug. But, a search for 'Douglas' does not return my own record. A search for 'doug' does return my own record, along with all 38ish of the others. My "Full Name" entry on my record does show "... Douglas ...".
- The remaining 35ish records, whose names do not contain 'Douglas', do not have the string 'Douglas' anywhere in their record, at least not what is shown in the app. Not even under the , address, ordinances and 'other' sections.
1. Why does the search return a lot of seemingly incorrect results?
2. Why is the search not using all name fields?
For example, a search of 'Douglas' for my ward (not stake) returns about 39 results. A couple of notes about this:
- There are only about 3-4 people with 'Douglas' in their name - first, middle or last. These are the ones I expect to see.
- My own name is Douglas and my preferred name is Doug. But, a search for 'Douglas' does not return my own record. A search for 'doug' does return my own record, along with all 38ish of the others. My "Full Name" entry on my record does show "... Douglas ...".
- The remaining 35ish records, whose names do not contain 'Douglas', do not have the string 'Douglas' anywhere in their record, at least not what is shown in the app. Not even under the , address, ordinances and 'other' sections.
1. Why does the search return a lot of seemingly incorrect results?
2. Why is the search not using all name fields?