15. The electronic data processing system of claim 14 , wherein the indexing parameter indicates which fields of a set of fields associated with the entity in the relational database are to be indexed by the indexing component.
14. An electronic data processing system, comprising: a processor; a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, configure the electronic data processing system to: identify an entity in a relational database that stores corresponding data for the entity; identify an indexing parameter that includes look-up metadata indicative of a location of the entity in the relational database; and use an indexing component to generate a search index based on a field of the entity based on the indexing parameter, wherein the search index is separate from the relational database and stores the look-up metadata; receive an indication of a first character input, of a multi character query, in a search user input mechanism; prior to acting on a subsequent character input of the multi character query, search the search index based on the first character input to obtain a search result corresponding to the entity; receive an indication of user selection of the search result; based on the indication of user selection of the search result, locate a data record in the relational database using the look-up metadata, the data record corresponding to the entity; identify a data field in the data record; and generate a representation of a results user interface display that displays the data field.