## Changes Made
- Added phone fields to search indexing: Extended searchable field types
to include `FieldMetadataType.PHONES`
- Updated person entity search configuration: Added `phones` to the
fields indexed for person records
- Enhanced search format support: Phone numbers are now indexed in
multiple formats:
- Raw number: `2071234567`
- International with plus: `+442071234567`
- International without plus: `442071234567`
- Optimized for phone data: Removed unnecessary text processing (e.g.
unaccenting) for numeric phone fields
- Created workspace migration: New command to regenerate search vectors
for existing workspaces
## Technical Details
The implementation modifies PostgreSQL `tsvector` generation to index
both `primaryPhoneNumber` and `primaryPhoneCallingCode` fields,
combining them into international formats. This enables users to search
phone numbers using the formats they naturally type.
### Modified Files
- `is-searchable-field.util.ts` – Added `PHONES` to searchable types
- `person.workspace-entity.ts` – Included `phones` in person search
fields
- `get-ts-vector-column-expression.util.ts` – Enhanced expression
generation to support multiple phone number formats
- `is-searchable-subfield.util.ts` – Added subfield filtering logic for
phone fields
## Testing
- **Unit tests**: Validated `tsvector` expression generation and
phone-specific logic
- **Integration tests**: Covered phone search scenarios across multiple
formats
## Migration
Includes the `upgrade:1-7:regenerate-person-search-vector-with-phones`
command, which safely updates existing workspaces by dropping and
recreating search vectors with phone indexing support.
## Note
Frontend and Backend are both storing normalized phone numbers, as they
should. The issue turned out to be with the seed file instead, which
contained outdated records.
I relied on the database as the source of truth without testing via the
creation of a new record and it was an incorrect evaluation on my part.
Note taken, I will be more comprehensive with my analysis from here on
since I now understand I must check comprehensively before reaching a
conclusion.
