Answers.Body: <p>Updating the search indexes was the solution here. In addition, I also enabled <a href="https://craftcms.com/support/enabling-fuzzy-search-by-default" rel="nofollow">Fuzzy Searching</a> for partial matches</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a 'person' channel that does away with the title field and instead uses custom fields like so <code>{lastName}, {firstName}</code>.</p>
  
  <p>However, I've noticed that when I'm looking at the entries listing in the control panel and I search for 'Hamilton' as an example (I have 3 entries where the surname is Hamilton) - only 1 of the entries returns.</p>
  
  <p>I even tried adding myself as an entry to the channel but searching for <code>Grant</code> or even <code>Steven</code> - I get no returns.</p>
  
  <p>Can't figure out why this would be?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Updating the search indexes was the solution here although still need to search `hamilton` in its entirety before entries appear, I can't just search `ham` for example. I'm hoping there's a better way to enable this?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Steven Grant
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Comments.Text: You'll want to enable [Fuzzy Searching](https://craftcms.com/support/enabling-fuzzy-search-by-default) to get partial words to [match](https://craftcms.com/docs/searching). New in 2.5.
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Comments.Text: @StevenGrant Would you mind adding that as an official answer?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Tags: <entries><control-panel><entry><entry-type>
Title: Entries not being searched in the control panel
ThreadText: # Entries not being searched in the control panel
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-03)
  
  I have a 'person' channel that does away with the title field and instead uses custom fields like so `{lastName}, {firstName}`.
  
  However, I've noticed that when I'm looking at the entries listing in the control panel and I search for 'Hamilton' as an example (I have 3 entries where the surname is Hamilton) - only 1 of the entries returns.
  
  I even tried adding myself as an entry to the channel but searching for `username_0` or even `username_0` - I get no returns.
  
  Can't figure out why this would be?
  
  **Tags:** entries, control-panel, entry, entry-type
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Updating the search indexes was the solution here although still need to search `hamilton` in its entirety before entries appear, I can't just search `ham` for example. I'm hoping there's a better way to enable this?  
  > **username_1**: You'll want to enable [Fuzzy Searching](https://craftcms.com/support/enabling-fuzzy-search-by-default) to get partial words to [match](https://craftcms.com/docs/searching). New in 2.5.  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 Would you mind adding that as an official answer?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-02-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Updating the search indexes was the solution here. In addition, I also enabled [Fuzzy Searching](https://craftcms.com/support/enabling-fuzzy-search-by-default) for partial matches
  
  
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