Request - Make attribute search in Agents consistent with other attribute sesarches

[Jegelewicz]

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Searching agents one attribute at a time makes getting to potential duplicates difficult. If I have the agent "R. Bernstein" and I want to know if they are in Arctos, I can put that string into the Agent name search field and I will get no results. If I put Bernstein into the attribute value and last name into the attribute type, I will get 6 results, only one of which MIGHT be a match to my agent - Robin Bernstein.

While the second method is better for catching potential duplicates, it fails with more common last names. Searching last name Smith will only return 75 matches, even though there are far more potential Smith agents to review.

If the attribute search in agents worked like the one in locality:

I could search

first name R
last name Bernstein

and get a more limited and better suited list of results to review. In addition, I believe that in most cases it would help get past the 75 record limit.

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[dustymc]

I don't think I can do what's requested for a few reasons, but I also think I see an easily-met functional need in this - going dev for that while I've got things pulled apart for #424