The standard form filters and the majority of customized form filters in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations are only applied once the user presses a button or a key. This is acceptable in most cases, especially if multiple criteria are used. However, when the result retrieval speed and usage simplicity has priority over system performance, it is possible to set up the search so that the record list is updated instantly when the user starts typing.
In this recipe, to demonstrate the instant search, we will modify the Vendor group form. We will add a custom Name filter, which will update the group list automatically when the user starts typing. We will need to overlay the Vendor group form, as the methods that we will be using for instant search don't yet have an event listener provided by Microsoft.
