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

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Published on 2010-03-20T07:21:49Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 7:31 UTC
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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?

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