Search pages are XML files that are used to search for certain information, based on certain criteria, and can be used in both summary and data entry pages.

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Creating Search Pages

To create a new search page, you need to create a single XML file and place it under: ../pages/search/<module_name>/ directory.

The results are retrieved based on an SQL script constructed using the information from the XML file and the criteria entered by the user.

In the following example loadservices.xml is created under ../pages/search/products

loadservices.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><dataset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../xsd/search.xsd">
	<searchcaption>key_search_services</searchcaption>
	<sqltype>Select</sqltype>
	<entitytable>PRODUCTS</entitytable>
	<entityfield>PRODID</entityfield>
	<tables>
		<table><tablename>PRODUCTS</tablename></table>
		<table><tablename>PRODUCTTYPES</tablename></table>
		<table><tablename>PRODUCTBRANDS</tablename></table>
		<table><tablename>PRODUCTFAMILIES</tablename></table>
	</tables>
	<joins>
		<join>
			<indexorder>1</indexorder>
			<outertable>PRODUCTS</outertable>
			<innertable>PRODUCTTYPES</innertable>
			<jointype>RIGHT</jointype>
			<conditions>
				<conditionitem>
					<outerfield>PRODTYPEID</outerfield>
					<condition>=</condition>
					<innerfield>PRODTYPEID</innerfield>
					<andor>AND</andor>
				</conditionitem>
			</conditions>
		</join>
		<join>
			<indexorder>2</indexorder>
			<outertable>PRODUCTS</outertable>
			<innertable>PRODUCTBRANDS</innertable>
			<jointype>LEFT</jointype>
			<conditions>
				<conditionitem>
					<outerfield>PRODBRANDID</outerfield>
					<condition>=</condition>
					<innerfield>PRODBRANDID</innerfield>
					<andor>AND</andor>
				</conditionitem>
			</conditions>
		</join>
		<join>
			<indexorder>3</indexorder>
			<outertable>PRODUCTS</outertable>
			<innertable>PRODUCTFAMILIES</innertable>
			<jointype>LEFT</jointype>
			<conditions>
				<conditionitem>
					<outerfield>PRODFAMILYID</outerfield>
					<condition>=</condition>
					<innerfield>PRODFAMILYID</innerfield>
					<andor>AND</andor>
				</conditionitem>
			</conditions>
		</join>
	</joins>
	<fields>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODID</field>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>0</searchcriteria>
			<visible>0</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<indexorder>10</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODCODE</field>
			<label>key_product_code</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>1</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<indexorder>20</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODTYPEID</field>
			<label>key_product_type</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>0</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<lookup>dataset;products.loadtypes;prodtypeid;prodtypename</lookup>
			<indexorder>30</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODFAMILYID</field>
			<label>key_product_family</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>0</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<lookup>dataset;products.loadfamilies;prodfamilyid;prodfamilyname</lookup>
			<indexorder>40</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODBRANDID</field>
			<label>key_product_brand</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>0</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<lookup>dataset;products.loadbrands;prodbrandid;prodbrandname</lookup>
			<indexorder>50</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODALTCODE</field>
			<label>key_alternative_code</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>32</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>1</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<indexorder>60</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
		<fielditem>
			<field>PRODUCTS.PRODDESC</field>
			<label>key_description</label>
			<expression>VALUE</expression>
			<datatype>ftXString</datatype>
			<fieldlen>255</fieldlen>
			<searchcriteria>1</searchcriteria>
			<visible>1</visible>
			<executable>1</executable>
			<indexorder>70</indexorder>
		</fielditem>
	</fields>
	<wheregroups>
		<wheregroup>
			<wherefields>
				<wherefield>
					<field>PRODUCTS.PRODDELETED</field>
					<alias>Expr001</alias>
					<expression>VALUE</expression>
				</wherefield>
				<wherefield>
					<field>0</field>
					<alias>Expr001</alias>
					<expression>VALUE</expression>
				</wherefield>
			</wherefields>
			<wheremembers>
				<wheremember>
					<lparenth>0</lparenth>
					<lfield>PRODUCTS.PRODDELETED</lfield>
					<expression>=</expression>
					<rfield>0</rfield>
					<rparenth>0</rparenth>
					<andor>AND</andor>
				</wheremember>
				<wheremember>
					<lparenth>0</lparenth>
					<lfield>PRODUCTTYPES.PRODTYPECLASSIFICATION</lfield>
					<expression>=</expression>
					<rfield>'SERVICES'</rfield>
					<rparenth>0</rparenth>
					<andor>AND</andor>
				</wheremember>
			</wheremembers>
		</wheregroup>
	</wheregroups>
	<groupby/>
	<orderby/>
</dataset>

Search Services Page

For a full list of search page attributes, go to Search Pages Documentation

To continue implementing the view layer, go to Summary Pages