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Filtering autocompletes based on top result
I have noticed recently that if you are filtering on a column in a SharePoint list or library, if you start typing, it will now auto complete your search for you based off of the top result in that column.
I will show some examples below of this happening.
When just typing "1" it auto completes my search with the top result.
When typing "1234" it auto completes my search based off of the 1 and then adds 234 to the end of the top result.
This means you now either have to copy and paste the exact thing you want to search on or manually scroll down the filter list to select what you want. You cant anymore just type 1234 and then select 1234789.
Is this a new feature? Can it be turned off? Would be great to have some answers if anyone knows as it is extremely frustrating, as I use the filter feature every day to partially match and help me find items, and now that is essentially not possible.
Thanks!
Service restored (Monday March 24 2025 4:30 PM UTC)
Root cause: A recent service update included a change, designed to fix another issue, which introduced a regression in the filter pane component and caused impact.
New build deployed that reverses the offending change.Users in our tenant have encountered the issue as well. With similar long numeric Term set. Must type, then backspace to the last correct portion, type the next numeric the field autofills with numerics totally unrelated, backspace and so on until they desired numeric is entered. Navigation via the "Edit all" form is not an option since the Term Set is large. Only workaround is to copy/paste the value from Notepad. I do see it in our Service Health message center. Sounds like we must wait for the fix to hit our tenant between 3/21 and 3/30 ...
In our company the issue is happening Microsoft Lists
Looks like this will be fixed over the weekend:
SharePoint Online column filter is not working as expected
Issue ID: SP1038113
Affected services: SharePoint Online
Status: Service degradation
Issue type: Advisory
Start time: Mar 13, 2025, 12:26 PM MDTUser impact
Users' SharePoint Online column filter is not working as expected.More info
When filling out the list/library column filter text box after typing the first letter the first matching term automatically auto-fills, requiring the users to delete the auto-fill if they want to select another term. It also affects Managed Metadata / Taxonomy columns.Scope of impact
Impact is specific to some users who are served through the affected infrastructure.Root cause
A regression in the filter pane component is causing impact to occur.
Current status
Mar 21, 2025, 4:09 AM MDT
We've determined that a regression in the filter pane component is causing impact to occur. We've created a fix which we expect to deploy by Friday, March 21, 2025 and estimate to complete by Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Estimated time to resolve:
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Next update by:
Monday, March 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM MDTMicrosoft recognizes the problem. They created a ticket and said they are in the process of resolving. Please check your Health dashboard in the Admin Center for more information.
I came to talk about the same issue. Looks like I have to raise a ticket.
Same here. It's super annoying.
This has been reported today by our users. I tested and it was fine for me - until I messed about and now I have the same issue.
We are also having this issue. After a 2 hour call with MSFT support, they are trying to convince me this is "by design."
First line support is useless they can go only based on their scripts. If you happen to run into a problem which never happened before, they freeze :D . 99%-of the times I smile and apologetically escalate it further until I reach a platform engineer who actually knows what I am talking about...
Same issue here. going to reference the ticket mentioned above.
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