Add :contains: search query term to Zoho CRM widget SDK
Hello, a frequent piece of feedback I'm getting from users of custom widgets I have built is adding the ability to search for a record using contains/like instead of equals or starts with. Starts with as a filter logic works great when the value being searched is small, but for longer names it can be burdensome to users as they will only find what they are looking for if they know the full name from memory.
As the searchRecord function in the widget SDK only supports :equals: or :starts_with: I'm finding I have to work around this by pre-downloading all of the records and then adding my own filtering over the top. This works OK when there are only a couple of hundred records to download, but any more records than that and the wait time would be quite long on widget start.
I understand this probably isn't a limitation of the widget SDK itself but rather of the API it is calling, but it would be great to see a solution here. Widgets are otherwise a great way to develop custom workflows that feel native to the CRM.