chore: ignore preferredSearchOperator and force LIKE for MULTI_TEXT

Author: simonadomnisoru

i18n/en.pot

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1)\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-12-17T08:40:09.074Z\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2025-12-17T08:40:09.075Z\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-12-18T10:41:12.829Z\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2025-12-18T10:41:12.831Z\n"
 
 msgid "Choose one or more dates..."
 msgstr "Choose one or more dates..."

src/core_modules/capture-core/metaDataMemoryStoreBuilders/common/factory/searchGroup/searchOperator/defaultSearchOperators.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export const defaultSearchOperators = {
     [dataElementTypes.EMAIL]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
     [dataElementTypes.PHONE_NUMBER]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
     [dataElementTypes.PERCENTAGE]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
-    [dataElementTypes.MULTI_TEXT]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
     [dataElementTypes.ORGANISATION_UNIT]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
     [dataElementTypes.USERNAME]: [searchOperators.LIKE, searchOperators.SW, searchOperators.EQ],
 };

src/core_modules/capture-core/metaDataMemoryStoreBuilders/common/factory/searchGroup/searchOperator/forcedSearchOperators.ts

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ export const forcedSearchOperators: Partial<Record<string, SearchOperator>> = {
     [dataElementTypes.BOOLEAN]: searchOperators.EQ,
     [dataElementTypes.TRUE_ONLY]: searchOperators.EQ,
     [dataElementTypes.AGE]: searchOperators.EQ,
+    [dataElementTypes.MULTI_TEXT]: searchOperators.LIKE,
 };