MobileCaddy App Addon - Global Search

Overview

AngularJS service used to look for a word in all the existing database tables and see the results in the UI, within a MobileCaddy application.

Installation

npm install mobilecaddy-app-addon-global-search

The installation will include the tasks of moving the relevant scripts into the correct place of your MobileCaddy application project structure. The relevant unit tests will also be included.

Configuring

You can set the configuration information of the global search, to specify if the results will be saved in localStorage or encrypted in the database, the name of the tables that will be used to search, fields to query, among other details. This can be run in the .run in the app.js file, thus it can be updated by the developer easily.

GlobalSearchService.setConfig({
    encrypted: false,
    tables: [
      {
        table: 'Account__ap',
        name: 'Accounts',
        fieldsToQuery: ['Name', 'Description'],
        fieldsToShow: ['Name', 'BillingCountry'],
        icon: 'ion-folder',
        href: '/accounts/:Id'
      },
      {
        table: 'Contact__ap',
        name: 'Contacts',
        fieldsToQuery: ['Name', 'Title'],
        fieldsToShow: ['Name', 'Email'],
        icon: 'ion-person',
        href: '/accounts/:AccountId/contacts/:Id'
      }
    ]
  });

Syntax

GlobalSearchService.setConfig({encrypted, tables});

Parameters

encrypted Optional

Whether or not to use the encrypted database to store the recently clicked on search results. If false, stored in localStorage. Defaults to false. Note: Not yet supported.

tables

Array of objects configuring each table to be included in the global search, thus;

[{
  table,          // string: Name of the mobilised table
  name,           // string: Label to be shown in search output
  fieldsToQuery,  // [string]: Array of field names to be queried
  fieldsToShow,   // [string]: Array of field names to be used in search output
  icons,          // string:  Ionicon to be used in search output
  href            // string: State URL to be used for direct record access.
}]

API

search

Calls an internal function for each table specified in the config information, that does the SOQL query to find the inputted word. Since the results are obtained asynchronously, when each call returns with a result it does a broadcast of the result so the controller can update the template appropriately.

Syntax

search(str)

Parameters

str: string. Represents the word inputted in the search box.

Returns

The tables config, as input in configuration (above)

Example

GlobalSearchService.search("test");

//In the controller the broadcast is triggered by the service when it finishes searching
$rootScope.$on('globalSearchResult', function(event, args) {
        console.log("Results of the search", args.results);
});

getRecentSearches

returns an Array of Objects representing all the results clicked after doing a global search. If encryptedStore is false then it will be obtained from localStorage.

Syntax

getRecentSearches();

Returns

An Array of Objects representing all the results clicked after doing a global search.

Example

var recentSearches = GlobalSearchService.getRecentSearches();

addRecentSearch

Adds an item to the recent searches list. It can be added to the localStorage, if encryptedStore is false, or to the encrypted database otherwise. Any repeated item will be deleted before adding the same one. Also if the max number is reached the oldest item will be deleted.

Parameters

item : object. Contains the config information of the result.

result : object. The result object that will be added.

Example

var item = {
  table: 'Account__ap',
  name: 'Accounts',
  icon: 'ion-folder',
  results: [{Id: ab1, string: 'Account 1, UK', href: '/accounts/ab1'},
            {Id: ab2, string: 'Account 2, UK', href: '/accounts/ab2'}]
};
var result = {Id: ab1, string: 'Account 1, UK', href: '/accounts/ab1'};
GlobalSearchService.addRecentSearch(item, result);