Search doesn't give results if special chars used instead of English chars

[attila_mikulan]

When I search for "szölke" instead of "szolke" to find Ervin's stuff on SCN, I don't get any results for "szölke". In Hungarian that is his name, so I'm not making up the "ö"

I think the search engine shouldn't be so strict, especially if there are no results, it should show all results for "szolke" when I searched for "szölke".

While this example might not be convincing, since not many people are searching for Hungarian surnames. But what could be a real example, if German people using English keyboard typing German words without Umlauts.

In my opinion this is a bug and not a feature request.

This applies to both SAP Search and SAP Questions and Answers search:

https://onedx.find.sap.com/landing

SAP Answers - SAP Answers

Side note: It would be nice if the Q&A search would also tell no results found instead of just showing a blank result list.

Screenshots showing this example:

[JasonLax · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This isn't a bug but just an optimisation to consider.  the level of "fuzziness" can be adjusted to solve this but it's a bit of trial and error: while it might solve this issue, it might negatively impact other results.

After some testing, we've adjusted the level and search for "szölke" will show results with "szolke."

Jason

[ErvinSzolke · Accepted solution]

Cool, I am now much more searchable Thanks!

[attila_mikulan · Accepted solution]

Thanks Jason, it is much better now

[Former Member]

Thanks for your comments here, Attila.  Maybe we can get to weigh in on this one?

Best,

Jamie