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You can create a query:

https://doc.dynamicweb.dev/manual/dynamicweb10/products/queries.html

Hi guys,

Thanks for the feedback. Where do you link the query to the backend search function?

Shouldn't it be possible by using the "Search field" as decribed in the documentation?

https://doc.dynamicweb.dev/manual/dynamicweb10/settings/areas/products/advanced/general.html

Br. Michael Knudsen

Hi all,

Since there are two different query concepts in play here, let me just clear up some confusion that may play a roll. UI queries are implementation that derive from the Dynamicweb.CoreUI.Data.DataQueryBase class. These are used throughout the UI to provide data to screens. They are also available through the Management API. In contrast, index queries -- the ones used in My queries and Shared queries (and referenced by Nicolai) -- are definition files that use an index in a repository to search in a Lucene index based using manually defined expressions.

Search on a list screen uses a UI query so it's not possible to link an index query to the search field. If you create your own UI query and tree node to use that query, the list screen will use that query to search and you can fully control where and how the search is performed.

@Michael, what specifically are you referring to? The documentation states that the search field is used in product selector search, i.e., from a product selector UI component. It's not intended to be used in lists.

Again, we are looking into ways of making this better, but we don't have a solution for it just yet.

- Jeppe