| Table Filters Pattern Set | Version 2.0.0.0 |
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| Description |  |
Use the Table Filters pattern set when users are likely to edit three or fewer search criteria, but do not require a full search user interface (UI). Table filters can also be used with a full search UI, especially when the search UI can be hidden. Use both only when users expect to run one large or costly search, then refine their results using table filters. Filters select only rows. They do not affect the columns. There are two types of table filters:
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| Patterns Contained in This Set | |
| Toolbar Filters | A choice list or other standard web widget located on the primary or secondary toolbar. |
| Query By Example (QBE) | A text box located above a column and below the toolbar. The QBE fields are hidden until a user clicks the QBE toolbar icon button. |
| Pattern Set Decision Table | |
| Toolbar Filters | QBE | |
| Does a filter need to be applied to only one column? | No | Yes |
| Must the filter always be visible? | Yes | No |
| Is the user typically an expert? | No | Yes |
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| Toolbar Filters Primary Toolbar |
Toolbar Filters Secondary Toolbar |
QBE | |
| Transactional Search pattern set | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scrolling Column Groups | Yes | No | Yes |
| Display Column Groups: Tab Equivalents | Yes | No | Yes |
| Display Column Groups: Submenu | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Searches: Choice List | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Searches: Tab Equivalents | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Searches: Saved Searches Submenu | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Related Patterns |  |
| Transactional Search | Pattern set used to select a user interface (UI) for search limited to one business object |
| Saved Searches | Pattern set used to select different saved searches by using the View menu, tab equivalents, or a choice list. |
| Related Guidelines | |
| Search and Query Usage guideline | Usage and behavior of ADF Query and Quick Query |
| Table Usage guidelines: Table Elements | Detailed descriptions of the elements that can be used in each region of a table |