The Select Records dialog provides traditional search and Guided Navigation within Experience Manager. Several cartridges, such as the Results List and Record Spotlight cartridges, use it as a means of selecting featured or dynamic records.
You can use the dialog to specify a navigation state within your application, or a list of specific records, without needing to know the record IDs within your application data set.
In
Dynamic Record Selection mode, you select
dimension refinements and search terms that correspond to the navigation state
you wish to highlight. For example, if you are creating a "Top-Rated Products"
banner that specifically highlights compact cameras, you might enter the search
term "compact" and limit results to those tagged with the
product.review.avg_rating_range 5 dimension:
The user interface includes the following controls:
Search for field – The Search for: field lets you enter search terms to either define a navigation state or just to browse through the data set. Selected search terms display in the Applied Filters pane.
Note
The Search for: field is typeahead enabled.
Narrow Your Results pane – You can select dimension refinements in addition to or instead of search terms to define a navigation state. Selected refinements display in the Applied Filters pane.
Applied Filters pane – Once selected, dimension refinements and search terms are displayed here. You can click the X beside each refinement or term to remove it individually, or click the Clear all link to clear all refinements.
Sort by: drop-down – You can sort results based on an MDEX Engine dimension or property value.
Filtered State pane – This pane provides a preview of the records that match the selected filter state, although the exact records that display to the end user may change due to updates in the data set.
Pagination controls – The pagination controls in the lower-right allow you to browse matching records page by page.
In Specific Record Selection mode, the Filtered State pane becomes the Records pane, which features checkboxes that allow you to select specific records from your navigation state:
Note
In the Link Builder editor, the checkboxes are replaced with radio buttons since you can only link to a single record.
You can view selected records by switching to the Selected Records tab:
To re-order these results, enter a new value in the Order column for the corresponding records. Results are ordered lowest to highest; a record with an Order value of 1 will show up before a record with an Order value of 2.
You can remove selected records by clicking the corresponding X in the Remove column, or you can click the Clear All button to remove all selected records.
