Re: Search in a Treeview

At 01:10 PM 2/11/2011, allu somnadh wrote:
>*Today's battle - Search in a Treeview*.
>
>User's - Skilled Users dealing with huge amounts of data (data analytics).
>
>Scenario - Our User's deal with a limited set of data objects (approximately
>10,000). We present these data ojects (4 different types)  in a windows
>explorer format - Treeview with multiple nodes (max levels - 5).
>
>Workflow - User need to locate 1-n data objects through the Data Explorer
>and launch a module to run data Analytics.
>
>Issue: I'm proposing a search in the Treeview which is actually filtering
>the tree to only show the search objects retaining the treeview. The results
>only show the searched objects with any hierarchy associated with it. Need
>the hierarchy since it gives the object a context and help the User identify
>the right object in case of multiple results with the same name.
>
>Looks like search results in a tree node is not a convention, and
>development wants to implement a flat list because it's for them and quote
>some Usability issues which make no sense to me.
>
>So, I'm looking out for some guidance / feedback from folks here on this
>concept , attaching a mockup.

Hi Gattu,

I didn't get the mockup - I'm guessing the list doesn't allow 
attachments - but could you arrange to show the mockup to a few 
current users and get their reactions? You might find it works well 
just as it is, or you could decide to make refinements to address any 
issues you discover.

Best,

Mitchell Gass
uLab | PDA: Learning from Users | Designing with Users
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
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