Search

The NLP Search option helps users to quest for specific data all through the selected datastore and instantly displays the query results.

Check out the given walk-through to understand the Search functionality for the Story module.

The NLP Search interface

Create & Save the View using the Search Interface

The user can get the Search icon on the Storyboard. The users can search any data query for which the Search will instantly display a View as a result and save the search result to the current storyboard and repeat the process to immediately build an insightful data story.

• Navigate to the Storyboard page.

• Click the Search icon.

• The Data Search page opens.

• Type a query in the given space.

• After typing a specific query or selecting a search query from the search suggestions, click the Search icon.

• The search result instantly reflects beneath the search bar.

• Click the Add to story icon.

• A notification message appears.

• The selected view gets added to the storyboard.

Data Drill through Search Option

The user can drill deeper into the selected Data Store by using the BDB Search bar with proper data queries. Refer to the following images to see how instantly the searched data gets displayed with more profound queries:

• Query 1: The Mean of Monthly Salary by Team- Displays team-wise monthly salary

• Query 2: The Mean of Monthly Salary by Team where Skill is Selenium - Displays team-wise monthly salary for those employees having Selenium skills.​

• Query 3: The Mean of Monthly Salary by Team where skill is Selenium and Designation is QA Architect – Displays team-wise records of QA Architects’ monthly salary who know Selenium.

Various options on the Search Page

• The instantly created view gets displayed in a default charting component based on the inserted search query.

• The users can switch to any other visualization option using the charting panel provided on the search page.

• Click the Like icon to save the searched query into the database.

• Click the Search suggestions icon to display all the saved search suggestions from the database along with a list of dimensions and Measures from the selected Data Store.

Displaying Saved Search Suggestions

• Other views close to the searched query also get displayed (on the right). The user can add any of the suggested Views to the current storyboard by using the Add to Story icon provided for the view.

More View suggestions appear on the right side of the page

Altering Data Store

The users can alter the Data Store by using the Select Data Store icon provided on the Search page.

• Click on the Select Data Store icon.

• Displays the Select Data Store window with all the available Data Stores.

Please Note: The user can use the Search Data Store bar to select a Data Store from the displayed list.

Please Note:

• The Search functionality supports search terms like yesterday, the day before yesterday, and two days ago.

• Measure filter values with k/M/lakh/million unit for the =is/is equal to and is between operations are supported as search terms.

Icons on the NLP Search page

Icon	Name	Function
​​	Search	Searched the inserted query from the selected Data Store.
​​	Select Data Store	Prompts the users to select Sample Data Store or choose from the list of Data Stores.
​​	Search Suggestions	Displays all the saved search suggestions.
​​	Close Search Dialog	Closes the NLP Data Search window.