How to Bypass Search Page

 

There could be situations when you need to bypass search page depending upon the user logged in. For instance to use self services employees should not see the search page, they should automatically be transferred to their self service data like phone, email, education, address, emergency contact and others. There are also situations when you need to bypass search page depending on the user’s role. Suppose there is a performance review or salary increment module and you want that the manger should be able to see the data of employees below him.

So these are the typical scenarios where you may need to bypass the search page, there could be other situations too. Below I am going to tell you that how can you bypass the search page using PeopleCode.

In the example PeopleCode below using the user’s role we will decide whether to bypass the search page or not.

This code has to be written in the SearchInit event of the search field of the Search record or at the Component level search Record.

&EMP_ROLE = "Y";
For &I = 1 To %Roles.Len;
If %Roles [&I] <> "EMP" Then

&EMP_ROLE = "N";

End-For;

If &FLAG_ROLE = "Y" Then
COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.EMPLID = %EmployeeId;
/*Hide emplid and name so user can not search, as these are the keys used in the search record*/
Hide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.EMPLID);
Hide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.NAME);
/* To skip search page use below PeopleCode function with parameter “0” */
SetSearchDialogBehavior(0);
AllowEmplIdChg( True);
End-If;

Now if you want to show the search page for those users who have manager role or a role other than employee you can use below code.

&EMP_ROLE = "Y";
For &I = 1 To %Roles.Len;
If %Roles [&I] <> "EMP" Then

&EMP_ROLE = "N";

End-For;

If &FLAG_ROLE = "Y" Then

COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.EMPLID = %EmployeeId;
/*Hide emplid and name so user can not search, as these are the keys used in the search record*/
Hide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.EMPLID);
Hide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.NAME);
/* To skip search page use below PeopleCode function with parameter “0” */
SetSearchDialogBehavior(0);
AllowEmplIdChg( True);

Else

/*Allow this user to see the search page*/
SetSearchDialogBehavior(1);

/*Unhide emplid,name for user to be able to search */

UnHide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.EMPLID);
UnHide(COMPONENT_SEARCH_RECORD.NAME);
End-If;
Else

End-If;