[HOLD for payment 2022-05-02] Feature Request: Ignore periods when searching for a user by their email address

[mvtglobally]

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Problem:

Sometimes people include a period . in their email address. For gmail, there is no difference between m.allen@ and mallen@, they both work. In NewDot, if someone has a period in their email address, you have to include it in the search or else their email won't be returned. ie. searching mallen would return m.allen@

Solution:

Disregard periods when searching.

Context/Examples/Screenshots/Notes:

Should we consider other symbols too?

Action Performed:

1. Open app
2. Hit search on top
3. Type any email with the period and hit search

Expected Result:

User should be able to find same email with or without periods

Actual Result:

If user is registered with period and user searches without period, user is not found

Workaround:

unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.1.41-0
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @mallenexpensify
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1646066598021039

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Christinadobrzyn (AutoAssignerTriage), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4749 for more details.

[Christinadobrzyn]

Ah this is a good one - sending to eng for a review.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @PauloGasparSv (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[mallenexpensify]

@PauloGasparSv , if you start a discussion in Slack about an issue, can you include the link in a GH comment so folks know there is one going on? https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1646424394279479

I think we should move this forward since it will help with email addresses with periods, which are fairly common (inc. at least one at Expensify, which is how I found about the issue)

[PauloGasparSv]

Sure @mallenexpensify!
All right, moving it forward!