Customizing Search Bar for Specific EntityType Based on User Profile

[lesignor (Thierry Le Signor)]

Hi everyone,

I need to implement a search bar for a specific entityType, but with customized search criteria based on the user’s profile. The official documentation for the <searchBar> tag doesn’t seem to support this functionality out of the box.

I noticed there’s a scaffolding template called SearchBarPageAccessControl, which appears to be profile-related, but I’m unclear on:

• What its exact purpose is.
• Whether it can be used to achieve our goal (i.e., restricting/dynamically adjusting search filters for certain users to simplify their experience).

Our use case: We want to reduce the number of search criteria displayed in the search bar for specific user roles to make it more intuitive.

Has anyone faced a similar requirement or found a workaround? If so, I’d greatly appreciate insights on:

• How you implemented profile-based search bar customization.
• Whether SearchBarPageAccessControl (or another approach) was used.
• Any potential limitations or gotchas.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Thierry

[hazem.taouai]

Hello,

The “SearchBarPageAccessControl” is used to allow authorized profiles to dispay the SearchBar in different pages of the solutiuon (RolesReview, ManualProvisioning, etc.)

Regarding your request, the easiest way I can think of is to use the advanced criteria option (IsVisibleInAdvancedView=“true”) when configuring the SearchBar.

Example:

  <SearchBar EntityType="Directory_User" Menu="Search_Directory_User" SearchBarDesignElement="Inline">
    <Criterion Binding1="Identifier" PlaceHolderText_L1="Identifier" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" />
    <Criterion Binding1="PhoneticFirstLastName" Binding2="PhoneticLastFirstName" Binding3="MainRecord.LastName" Operator="FlexibleStartWith" PlaceHolderText_L1="Name" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" />
    <Criterion Binding1="MainRecord.Organization" PlaceHolderText_L1="Department" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" />
    <Criterion Binding1="PresenceState" InputType="ComboboxMultiSelection" ColumnSize="2" DefaultValue="-101;-102" Operator="Equal" />
    <Criterion Binding1="MainRecord.Site" PlaceHolderText_L1="Site" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" IsVisibleInAdvancedView="true" />
    <Criterion Binding1="MainRecord.Subsidiary" PlaceHolderText_L1="Subsidiary" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" IsVisibleInAdvancedView="true" />
    <Criterion Binding1="MainRecord.Title" PlaceHolderText_L1="Title" InputType="Auto" ColumnSize="2" IsVisibleInAdvancedView="true" />
  </SearchBar>

Result:

Regards

Hazem