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+Extends the name search feature to use additional, more relaxed matching
+methods, and to allow searching into configurable additional record
+fields.
+
+The name search is the lookup feature to select a related record. For
+example, selecting a Customer on a new Sales order.
+
+For example, typing "john brown" doesn't match "John M. Brown". The
+relaxed search also looks up for records containing all the words, so
+"John M. Brown" would be a match. It also tolerates words in a different
+order, so searching for "brown john" also works.
+
+![image0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OCA/server-tools/11.0/base_name_search_improved/images/image0.png)
+
+Additionally, an Administrator can configure other fields to also lookup
+into. For example, Customers could be additionally searched by City or
+Phone number.
+
+![image2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OCA/server-tools/11.0/base_name_search_improved/images/image2.png)
+
+How it works:
+
+Regular name search is performed, and the additional search logic is
+only triggered if not enough results are found. This way, no overhead is
+added on searches that would normally yield results.
+
+But if not enough results are found, then additional search methods are
+tried. The specific methods used are:
+
+- Try regular search on each of the additional fields
+- Try ordered word search on each of the search fields
+- Try unordered word search on each of the search fields
+
+All results found are presented in that order, hopefully presenting them
+in order of relevance.