[3 days SPIKE] Increase number of characters in the search field

[MagdalenaLarge]

Goal
In our Community backlog, user raised a concern about the number of characters in the list which can be searched.
We need to investigate if it is possible to increase this number.

Background

Community backlog comment link

Context
Currently we only use 30 characters string. We will have to investigate if it is possible to increase it.

Consideration
We are using Fuse library, so we need to check if it is feasible to do the change.

Output
TBC

[precious-onyenaucheya-ons]

We currently use the Fuse.js library to support the search functionality within our Design System. As part of this configuration, we have set a search threshold of 20%, which limits the search scope to the first 20 characters of each entry. While increasing this threshold would enable a broader search across more characters, it could also lead to an increase in irrelevant results.

Suggestion:
To address this, we could introduce a parameter within the autosuggest feature that enables extended search. If the user opts for extended search, we could raise the threshold to 40%, allowing the search to cover the first 40 characters(Documentation would need to be updated to explain the impact of this). However, there is a limitation to this approach, as it is unclear how many characters users may need to search for in different cases.

[MagdalenaLarge]

As per the discussion with the IDS team we will enable users to control number of characters in the Autosuggest component. Parameter can be set up between 0-1. New user story has been created: #3347.

As the next step we will also look into new version of Autosuggest which would use substring match rather than fuzzy search. #214