added simple loose wildcard search term support in the Admin UI

ui/src/utils/CommonHelper.js

@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ export default class CommonHelper {
      */
     static getAllCollectionIdentifiers(collection, prefix = "") {
         if (!collection) {
-            return;
+            return [];
         }
 
         let result = [prefix + "id"];
@@ -1655,4 +1655,36 @@ export default class CommonHelper {
 
         return hasChange ? CommonHelper.buildIndex(parsed) : idx;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalizes the search filter by converting a simple search term into
+     * a wildcard filter expression using the provided fallback search fields.
+     *
+     * If searchTerm is already an expression it is returned without changes.
+     *
+     * @param  {String} searchTerm
+     * @param  {Array}  fallbackFields
+     * @return {String}
+     */
+    static normalizeSearchFilter(searchTerm, fallbackFields) {
+        searchTerm = (searchTerm || "").trim();
+        if (!searchTerm || !fallbackFields.length) {
+            return searchTerm;
+        }
+
+        const opChars = ["=", "!=", "~", "!~", ">", ">=", "<", "<="];
+
+        // loosely check if it is already a filter expression
+        for (const op of opChars) {
+            if (searchTerm.includes(op)) {
+                return searchTerm;
+            }
+        }
+
+        searchTerm = isNaN(searchTerm) && searchTerm != "true" && searchTerm != "false"
+            ? `"${searchTerm.replace(/^[\"\'\`]|[\"\'\`]$/gm, "")}"`
+            : searchTerm;
+
+        return fallbackFields.map((f) => `${f}~${searchTerm}`).join("||");
+    }
 }