7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the query was previously saved with information associated with the pointer because the user specified that the set of expanded search terms should be dynamically linked with the query.
6. A method for searching fields of a data repository using dynamic term expansion, the method comprising: providing a first interface allowing a user to build and save a query containing at least one condition for searching at least one field of the data repository, wherein the at least one condition includes at least one base search term; providing a second interface allowing the user to specify a set of expanded search terms to be associated with the at least one base search term and further allowing the user to specify whether the set of expanded search terms should be dynamically linked with the query via a pointer used to identify a source of the set of expanded search terms; retrieving a query that was previously built and saved via the first interface; and upon receiving a request to execute the query, modifying, by operation of one or more computer processors, the query to contain one or more conditions including a specified set of expanded search terms specified via the second interface and retrieved using the pointer, the specified set of expanded search terms existing at a time of receiving the request to execute the query.