16. The electronic data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the indexing component generates the search index to include a search index entry corresponding to the entity in the relational database, the search index entry having a plurality of fields that each store a different portion of data from the set of fields indicated by the indexing parameter.
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.