Re: Search in a Treeview

Hi Gattu,

http://usgovxml.com/
Here is an example of such a beast, perhaps the only one I've seen. 
It seems to lose the hierarchy in the results.

Sorry for the delay in responding.

Susan

PS: I'm not sure if I can post to the list, but if not, please feel 
free to forward this to the group if you wish.

>Hi All,
>
>Daily life of UX Designer - Battle with Development every time you propose a
>new concept.
>
>*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. Does any one know of examples where they have
>implemented search in a treeview.
>
>Thank you in advance!
>
>Best Regards
>
>Gattu
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