Getting single search box to search multiple fields

[jasonnmark]

I'm using easy search on the following schema

Contacts = new Mongo.Collection('contacts'),
  ContactsIndex = new EasySearch.Index({
    collection: Contacts,
    fields: ['firstName','lastName'],
    engine: new EasySearch.Minimongo()
  });

    firstName: {
        optional: true,
        type: String      
    },

    lastName: {
        optional: true,
        type: String
    },

I want to find the contact named Jason Mark. If I search on "Jason" it finds it, if I search on "Mark" it finds it, but if I search on both it doesn't. I tried making a new combined field to search on but if it doesn't stay up to date. If I update the first name then the last name becomes "undefined" and vice versa.

    seachOnMe: {
        type: String,
        optional: true,
        autoValue: function() {
                return this.field("firstName").value + ' ' + this.field("lastName").value;
        }
},

I feel like I'm probably missing something simple... please advise.

[matteodem]

There's multiple ways how to handle this:

• Use Elastic-Search and it's search features
• Use a composite field that holds the full name and use that in the fields configuration
• Change the mongo selector by adding a selector configuration

I'll add a task to add a recipe on what to do with composite fields, hopefully that'll be also of help.