Wednesday
Jun302010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 21:13 | Post a Comment
Adding an "Advanced Search" interface to any List or Web Part in no time -- with the new on-the-fly Filters
in Cascading, Multiple-Value List Filters, Document Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise Search, FilterZen, MOSS 2007, People Search, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, WSS 3.0, Web Part Connections, Web Parts, Wildcard List Search with CAML operators
We just introduced an outstanding new feature to FilterZen: the Dynamic Ad-Hoc Filters that give you a full-fledged Advanced Search user interface for any connected Web Part, and fully pre-populated with applicable, hierarchically nestable filter fields for any SharePoint List:
Previously, content managers, site designers or admins pre-configured individual filters with the proper settings for their end-users, but those had no way of customizing these. While this is still a valid use-case for many projects, with the new Dynamic Ad-Hoc Filters, end users can arrange and combine their own filters on the fly to search the List, Data View or other Web Part in a way that suits them in their individual, current situation.
- End-users can AND/OR combine multiple filters on the fly.
- The appropriate rich editors (date controls and people pickers) are shown when a field is selected, without a page post-back.
- End users can also search for "any field", for example "show me records where any field contains iron".
- Setting this up is a breeze, and admins can pre-define which fields and operators are allowed:
Reader Comments