For some searches wildcard characters are appended, pre-pended or both to some search criteria. For example, for a person search if a user enters "Smith" the appended search criteria is "Smith%" which returns all persons with the name Smith. Without appending the % wildcard the search would return only exact matches on Smith. The following table outlines searches in the application and whether wildcard are automatically appended.
| Database or GSS? | Prepended | Appended | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Database | No | Yes |
| Person | GSS | No | No |
| Employer | Database | No | Yes |
| Employer | GSS | No | No |
| Information Provider | Database | No | Yes |
| Information Provider | GSS | No | No |
| Product Provider | Database | No | Yes |
| Product Provider | GSS | No | No |
| Service Supplier | Database | No | Yes |
| Service Supplier | GSS | No | No |
| Utility | Database | No | Yes |
| Utility | GSS | No | No |
| Educational Institute | Database | No | Yes |
| Educational Institute | GSS | No | No |
| External Party | Database | No | Yes |
| External Party | GSS | No | No |
| External Party Office | Database | No | Yes |
| All Participant Search | Database | No | Yes |
| All Participant Search | GSS | No | No |
| User | Database | Yes | Yes |
| Organization Unit | Database | Yes | Yes |
| Position | Database | No | Yes |
| External User | Database | Yes | Yes |
| Wait List | Database | Yes | Yes |
| Work Queue | Database | Yes | Yes |