Queries

Search · Query · Information filtering · Information retrieval

Examples

YouTube search filters panel: the user refines a query by upload date, type, duration, and features to obtain narrower results (Spanish-language interface).

Description

A component that lets users retrieve specific information from the system through defined search criteria. Its purpose is to provide fast, targeted access to existing data, filtering the contents of the repository according to parameters supplied by the user.

Mandatory capabilities

Allows the user to specify search criteria through fields, filters, or parameters
Retrieves the records in the repository that match the criteria, without transforming or aggregating them
Returns the results in a format the requesting user or system can interpret

Additional capabilities

Advanced search with combinable filters: narrows the search through multiple simultaneous criteria (date range, category, author, etc.) in addition to free text
Combining data from multiple sources: retrieves information that requires relating data from different entities or repositories of the system
Result export: lets the user download the records found as a file (CSV, Excel, JSON), keeping the raw data without aggregations
Pagination: splits the results into pages to handle large volumes without overloading the interface
Autocomplete and suggestions: proposes terms or records as the user types
Search history: records the user's previous queries and allows reusing them

Boundaries

What it is not

Does not process or transform the extracted data: it returns the records exactly as they are stored in the repository
If it includes export, it exports the filtered raw data, without aggregate calculations
Does not present indicators or graphical visualizations — that belongs to Dashboard or Report

Information flow

Input

Search parameters (text, filters, selection criteria)

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Output

Set of records or data that match the specified criteria

Variants

Interface-based search: the user interacts with graphical fields and filters; typical of searches on websites and end-user applications
Language-based search: the user writes queries in a formal or natural language (SQL, GraphQL, natural language)
Predefined search: the system offers preloaded queries that the user only triggers, without composing the criteria

Typical dependencies

Central repository or Database on which the search is performed
Authentication and Authorization systems (when the results are restricted by permissions)

Mapping to the Digital Board

Manual UpdateNo

Automatic UpdateNo

Data ConceptsAlways

On-Demand OutputsAlways

Automatic OutputsNo

Autonomous ProcessesNo

Section	Relationship	Notes
Manual Update	No	The search criteria (text, filters, parameters) are transient input used to retrieve information; they do not modify persistent data in the system.
Automatic Update	No	—
Data Concepts	Always	The entities being searched (videos, products, records).
On-Demand Outputs	Always	List of results returned to the user. Result export, when that capability is present.
Automatic Outputs	No	—
Autonomous Processes	No	—

Digital Board example

Manual Update

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Data Concepts

Video

On-Demand Outputs

Result List

Smart search suggestions

Automatic Update

—

Autonomous Processes

—

Automatic Outputs

—

Examples​

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Additional capabilities​

Boundaries​

Information flow​

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Typical dependencies​

Mapping to the Digital Board​

Digital Board example​