Reports: Status Filter

This also applies to the form table located in each tool home.

Current State:

When the search is set to OPEN, forms in the VOID status are included. This is a common search or filter for building reports to review the forms that need attention because they are not closed or draft. However voided forms are not needed since they don't need attention.

Current State of the Status Filter Search:

• Open: Void, Published, Open
• Closed: Closed
• Published: Published, Open, Closed, Void
• Draft: Draft

Here's a link to the sandbox to try it out: https://mercurybuild.com/app/dev_customer/project/sandcastle/tools/oim7gujtucxm8xeih75etghl/template/xzbo19usolhlka6a5ekyw3gs

Desired State:

Maybe this is the difference between Search and Filter, but I don't think what's above is intuitive. Only one of the 4 options can be selected at a time and all but Closed and Void result in a list with more than what was just selected (Choose Open and you get a list with Void, Published and Open instead of just Open). I know that Open and Closed are technically "published" but this is not obvious to the end user.

What if we allowed multiple to be selected, added Void to the list and let the user select all the status they wanted to see at once? Then only the forms that display that status who in the list (as apposed to Published shows 3 other status).

Current State of the Status Filter Search:

MULTIPLE CAN BE SELECTED

• Open: Open
• Closed: Closed
• Published: Published
• Draft: Draft
• Void: Void

I'm aware that this concept could be applied to other columns in our form tables, but I think Status is most applicable and to keep this issue from turning into a project, we limit it to just that column.