Filters in search?

[bvv218]

I am new to administrate and I am wondering if there is a way to set up filters in search. For example, I need to filter by two columns where one boolean is true and one is false. Is it possible to set up with administrate?

[nickcharlton]

There have been a few search suggestions and/or PRs that I'm aware of, but I don't know which of those would help you do what you're trying to achieve. In general, I'd punted complex search until post 1.0 (e.g.: #947).

It sounds to me like you'd need some sort of predicate-based searching for this? e.g.:

bob admin=false expired_member=true

…where bob is a search string, admin and expired_member boolean fields.

Is that what you're thinking of?

[asecondwill]

@nickcharlton - not sure what the OP was thinking but for me, being able to add fields in the search interface so users can explicitly tick for expired members, choose a category etc. I guess a bit like active admins sidebar. or is that a no no? Search in a single text field is definitely way cooler, but would need good ux hints to enable non devs to be able to work it.

[nickcharlton]

Yeah, something like that might be nice.

My thinking is that a single search bar allows us to be much less specific with regards to the data, but you're right, it's a more difficult UX problem.

[pablobm]

I'm going to close this as it hasn't had activity in a long time, and because the topic of Search is one that I think is particularly tricky, and one for which I provide at opinion at: #1218 (comment)