In esri's 3.x or 4.x version, how can I search a feature layer by a field that has duplicate records? For example, I want to search my feature layer with employers. If I type "Mcdonalds", I get a list full of suggestions that all say "Mcdonalds" like this:
What I want to show in the suggestions is something like this:
Mcdonalds - address1
Mcdonalds - address2
Mcdonalds - address3
Mcdonalds - address4
Here is a section of my code for initializing the search widget. I am specifying the "displayName" option:
var sources = [{
featureLayer: new FeatureLayer({ url: url, popupTemplate: popupTemplate }),
searchFields: layer.search.searchFields,
displayField: layer.search.displayField,
name: layer.search.title || layer.title,
outFields: layer.search.outFields,
placeholder: layer.search.placeHolder
}]
var search = new Search({
viewModel: {
view: app.mapView,
maxSuggestions: 4
},
sources: sources
},'divID');
I am pretty sure there is no way in the api to do this. Has anyone done this in their project or have any recommendations?
