A computer program product for obtaining data set results from a database comprising a plurality of atomic entries, each atomic entry comprising a list of database fields, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
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- program code stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
- in response to receiving a first query, retrieve a list of first entries from the database, wherein each first entry includes a plurality of first fields and corresponds to at least one atomic entry of the database;
- generate a first table for display upon a display screen, wherein the first table includes a first plurality of cells that are selectable by a user, wherein the first plurality of cells are arranged into a first plurality of rows and a first plurality of columns, and wherein each row of the first plurality of rows corresponds to one of the plurality of first entries and each column of the first plurality of rows corresponds to one of the plurality of the first fields;
- receive a first user-defined selection that represents a portion of the first plurality of cells of the first table, the portion comprising one or more selected rows, by the user, that define a first query filter, the first query filter being limited to the atomic entries corresponding to the rows selected;
- in response to receiving the first user-defined selection, generate a first graphical user interface for display upon the display screen, wherein the first graphical user interface includes a first control element that is selectable by the user for immediately generating a second query;
- determine that the user has selected the first control element;
- in response to determining that the user has selected the first control element, generate a second graphical user interface for display upon the display screen, wherein the second graphical user interface includes a first interface for selecting the database fields for building the second query, wherein a returned data set is the result of the second query filtered by the first query filter;
- determine that the user has not selected the first control element;
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- in response to determining that the user has not selected the first control element:
- generate an implicit filter based on the one or more selected rows by the user corresponding to the first user-defined selection;
- store the generated implicit filter in a filter library that includes a plurality of implicit filters, wherein each implicit filter of the plurality of implicit filters is generated based on a user-defined selection corresponding to one or more selected rows by the user;
- generate a third graphical user interface for display upon the display screen, wherein the third graphical user interface displays the first implicit filter and the plurality of implicit filters;
- determine that the user has selected a particular implicit filter of the plurality of implicit filters;
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- in response to determining that the user has selected the particular implicit filter, convert the particular implicit filter into a set of equivalent static search criterion for generating search results based on the particular implicit filter.