In ArcGIS Open Data, searching the partial string 'tab' returns result datasets with the full string 'table' included in the dataset metadata.
Last Published: October 27, 2016ArcGIS Online
Bug ID Number
BUG-000099428
Submitted
September 19, 2016
Last Modified
October 21, 2020
Applies to
ArcGIS Online
Version found
4.3
Operating System
N/A
Status
Known Limit
After review by the development team, it has been determined that this issue is related to a known limitation with the software that lies outside of Esri's control. The issue's Additional Information section may contain further explanation.
Additional Information
The search implemented in Open Data does fuzzy searches (allowing one non-initial character to be different, so for example, searching for "abcdefghijklmnopqurstuvwxyy" will get a match for a dataset that has "abcdefghijklmnopqurstuvwxyz" in the metadata) and stemming (so, for example, searching for "stop" will get matches for datasets with "stopped" in the metadata and searching for "helpings" will get matches for datasets with "help" in the metadata"). The fact that the search does stemming explains why a partial match appears to be being done, resulting in a search for "tab" getting matches for datasets with "table" in the metadata. Other partial matches do not happen; for example, searching for "def" does not return a dataset that has the string "abcdefghi" in the metadata.