My favorite query builder ever is used to segment people for marketing campaigns:
http://www.sas.com/images/screenshots/solutions/mktauto/MA-5-1-screenshot.jpg Probably my least favorite query builder is the one in Microsoft Access. Perhaps relevant to your site, here's the advanced search for the Library of Congress: http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=Second -- Paul Nuschke Lead Design Researcher ELECTRONIC INK(c) www.electronicink.com On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Larry King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody out there ever built a interface that helps users build an advanced > search query? I am currently working on a site that has over 5 million > articles, and search is the primary way users find this information. A lot > of these users are librarians and they know how to do complex Boolean > searches on various meta data fields. Currently, the search engine is > optimized for this type of user, which is completely ignoring the user who > does not know how to construct these complex queries. They have built a > "query builder" interface that allows non-librarian users to construct > complex Boolean searches on multiple meta data fields, but nobody uses it > because it is terrible. > > It is an interesting situation because users actually do use the advanced > search on this site, which is unusual. I know we need to optimize for how > users use simple search as well, and this is also being addressed. But > creating a query builder that allowed non-librarians to do complex meta > data > field searches would be really beneficial to this user base. > > Any body designed something like this, or could point me to some examples > of > such an interface? > > Thanks. > > -- > Larry King > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://extrafancy.net > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
