Suggestions displayed directly in the search bar (typeahead) and search results displayed when press Enter to execute a search are different.
Apparently, this is unavoidable at the moment because the search logic is different.
Wish they were the same.
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Dear Asana-Team,
Obviously the live suggestions when entering a keyword in the searchbar can search for (at least lefthand) parts of a word. Yet when hitting enter, I get 0 results, if I do not finish the word.
The screenshot might describe it best.
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Please do incorporate search syntax operators or at least a wildcard !
Task names and project names are often strings of letters and numbers.
Currently, I’m having trouble searching for them.
The situation is as follows:
P2102345: Search OK
P210234, P21023, etc.: Search Unsuccessful
Similar topics: 検索がうまく出来ません。 , テキストフィールドの部分一致検索が機能しない場合がある
The suggestions displayed directly in the search bar (typeahead) and the search results displayed when you press Enter to execute a search are different.
Apparently, this is unavoidable at the moment because the search l…
See also this Forum Leader Tip:
This might seem obvious to most but I’ve see this done numerous times by my clients during training sessions when we discuss using the Search bar.
Many users type something in the search bar and immediately hit the Enter key to get to see the results, as if they were using a search engine like Google, because that is what we intuitively do, right?
But there is a clear difference when you use the search bar in Asana:
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Yes it drives me nuts as well
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lpb
1 September 2025 01:21
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They each have unique capabilities (though this makes it harder to use!).
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Based on @Stephen_Li advice, it seems prudent to employ wildcard characters (such as asterisks), although this may not constitute a fundamental resolution.
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