When using the Find function, by default, Ivo starts searching while you type. When just
searching for an entity for example, this works well because there
aren't nearly as many entity records, and the name field is quite small,
so the search is quick.
However, in organisations that have lots of file notes, searching the file notes can take a long time because (a), there
are a lot of them, and (b), the notes themselves tend to be quite large. Added to this, with the default settings, a search
happens with every keystroke.
There are two settings in Ivo that help with this -
-
"Delay
before starting search" - this setting will wait the set number of
milliseconds before starting the automatic search. It waits to see if
another keystroke is pressed within that amount of time, and if so, it
resets the timer and starts counting again. So this gives more time to
type several keystrokes, a whole word or a phrase before the search
automatically starts, and therefore. only one search takes place, rather
than a search with every keystroke. Each staff member can play around
with the setting to see what works for them - 500ms = 1/2 a second and
should work pretty well, but even 1000ms (a full second) would be
reasonable too.
- "Automatically find while typing" - if changing the "delay" setting doesn't help, then simply change this setting to "No" to turn off the auto-search functionality completely.
Note, these settings are "per user", so each staff member can set them how they wish.