server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs

@@ -58,8 +58,43 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         //get picklist 
         internal async Task<List<NameIdActiveItem>> GetPickListAsync(AyaType ayaType, string query, bool inactive, AuthorizationRoles userRoles)
         {
+            //Crack and validate the query part set a broken rule if not valid and return null
+            //else do the query
+            string TagSpecificQuery = null;
+            string AutoCompleteQuery = null;
 
-            List<NameIdActiveItem> items = await PickListFetcher.GetResponseAsync(ayaType, query, inactive, ct, userRoles);
+            //Here need to handle scenario of badly formed query so user knows they did it wrong and doesn't just assume it's not there
+
+            //determine if this is a tag query
+            bool HasAutoCompleteQuery = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query);
+            if (HasAutoCompleteQuery)
+            {
+                if (AutoCompleteQuery.Contains(" "))
+                {
+                    // split the query on space
+                    var querySegments = AutoCompleteQuery.Split(' ');
+                    // users may type several spaces in a regular query, so ignore that and only use the first two segments
+                    if (querySegments[0].Contains(".."))
+                    {
+                        TagSpecificQuery = querySegments[0].Replace("..", "");
+                        // the second string is considered the 
+                        AutoCompleteQuery = querySegments[1];
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+
+                    }
+
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //just a regular query
+                }
+            }
+
+
+
+            List<NameIdActiveItem> items = await PickListFetcher.GetResponseAsync(ayaType, AutoCompleteQuery, TagSpecificQuery, inactive, ct, userRoles);
             return items;
         }