Helpful, @Richard_Sather; thanks!
But I want to add two more major distinctions between the two search approaches (using Asana’s names for them):
- Basic search (immediate popup results via autocomplete)
- Supports a partial-word search
- Searches on title only; will not search across every item’s text fields (including names, descriptions, and comments)
- Full text search (hit enter key to get search results view)
- Does not support partial-word search
- Searches both on title and across every item’s text fields (including names, descriptions, and comments)
For some more related info, see also:
https://forum.asana.com/t/partial-word-search-matches/30519/7?u=lpb
(Another post in 2020 also indicated it hadn’t been addressed yet.)
Another minor point: Besides the entities you listed as Basic search categories, there’s one more too: Tags.
Note: Not a solution but marked as such to elevate a key reply
Thanks,
Larry