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Business Applications: What are the fundamental features of a search form?

In a typical business application it is quite common to have forms that are used for searching.

Some basic features are:

  • A pane that contains the search criteria
  • A grid to display the results
  • Sorting on the grid
  • A detail page that opens when an item is selected in the results grid

What other features would you expect in a business application's search functionality?

Solution

  • How about the ability to save search criteria, in order to easily re-run a search later. Or, the ability to easily, cleanly, print the list of results.