Search: Add new option to follow object references

Problem:

Have a look at the following situation:

• object type “location“ is defined with a few fields like city, street, country, name

• object type “server“ is defined with a reference field to a location object

If a user will search for a location name (which is a field of a location object) in a current version of DATAGERRY, only the location will be found. The server object can not be found.

Solution:

A reference is also a content of a specific object, like the location information for a server. We should enhance the DATAGERRY search, to also follow references. This functionality should be implemented as a search option which can be enabled/disabled by a user. The following of references should be limited to one level.

Discussed Concept:

The search will be executed in 2 steps:

• step 1:

  • search function like implemented today

• step 2:

  • find references

  • only if the result of step 1 does not bring more than e.g 20 objects and the option is set

• all results from step2 and step1 are represented in the same result list