Problem: The “Use for” field under the “Terms” edit template does not function correctly

[ravengermain]

Current Behavior

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Go to Manage > Taxonomies
2. Click on any taxonomy (e.g. Subjects)
3. Click into a term
4. Click "Edit"
5. Under the "Use for" field, add a term that's different than the term under the "Name" field and click "Save"
6. Go to an archival description and add the term as an access point
7. Using the global search bar, search for the "Use for" term. This does not retrieve any search results.
8. Using the global search bar, search for the controlled term. This does retrieve search results.

Expected Behavior

The docs say here that if users search for the non-preferred term entered in the "Use for" field, AtoM will automatically substitute the preferred term.

For example, I added WWI as a term to the Subjects taxonomy, with WW1 in the "Use for" field. When "WWI" is added as a Subject access point to an archival description, WWI retrieves search results but WW1 does not.

This functionality works when searching within the "Subjects" browse page, but not within global search.

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Version used

AtoM 2.8.2, 2.9.0

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