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1.2     ! raeburn     1: \label{Domconfig_InstDirectory_Search}
1.1       raeburn     2: LON-CAPA provides a mechanism to search for users by complete username,
                      3: last name, or last name,first name (or fragments of each). Accounts
                      4: within the LON-CAPA domain itself can be searched, or alternatively,
                      5: an institutional directory may be searched, if you are able to implement
                      6: a conduit to directory information to support such searches. This
                      7: will be done by customizing the \&get\_userinfo() routine in localenroll.pm.
                      8: This routine has a dual role in LON-CAPA. Not only will it support
                      9: searches where the user is not excatly known, but it can also be used
                     10: to retrieve institutional records for a specific usernames or student/employee
                     11: ID. This latter mode of use is appropriate when adding a new user
                     12: to LON-CAPA.
                     13: 
                     14: Settings for directory searches are: 
                     15: 
                     16: \begin{itemize}
                     17: \item Set directory searches as available or unavailable in the domain
                     18: \item Set whether users from other LON-CAPA domains can use the institutional
                     19: directory search to search for users. Note: this only applies to institutional
                     20: directory data, users with privileges to add users to a course will
                     21: always be able to search the LON-CAPA user database for other domains.
                     22: \item For searches by users within your domain, you can limit the users
                     23: who can use directory search based on institutional status
                     24: \item Set which types of search method - username, last name or last name,first
                     25: name are allowed for institutional searches
                     26: \item Set which types of search latitude - exact match, begins with or contains
                     27: - are allowed
                     28: \end{itemize}
                     29: In the case of a \char`\"{}contains\char`\"{} type search at least
                     30: three characters must be entered by the user as the search term. Searches
                     31: are case insensitive.