31. An apparatus suitable for displaying a multilevel treeview of hierarchical information within a pane of a computer display window, comprising: an input unit configured to receive user configurable view characteristics and a search criteria; a search unit configured to search an information hierarchy for a plurality of occurrences of a specified information element based upon the search criteria; and a display unit configured to; display within the pane the multilevel treeview of the information hierarchy, display within the multilevel treeview an indicator which indicates whether a displayed element of the information hierarchy comprises sub-elements, on one side of the multilevel treeview, indicate the location of the plurality of found occurrences of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview; graphically connecting via a graphical connection only the plurality of occurrences of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview, the graphical connection being positioned on an opposite side from the indicator with respect to the multilevel treeview, and comprising: a plurality of horizontal lines extending outward from each displayed found occurrence of the specified information element, and a vertical line positioned to intersect an outward end of each of the plurality of horizontal lines, the vertical line being terminated between a horizontal line corresponding to a first displayed found occurrence of the specified information element and a last displayed found occurrence of the specified information element; the input unit further configured to receive a user selection of an occurrence of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview; and the display unit further configured to display a pop-up menu positioned directly beneath the selected occurrence of the specified information element, the pop-up menu comprising: statistical information on the total number of occurrences of the specified information element, and a link to a next occurrence of the specified information element.
31. An apparatus suitable for displaying a multilevel treeview of hierarchical information within a pane of a computer display window, comprising: an input unit configured to receive user configurable view characteristics and a search criteria; a search unit configured to search an information hierarchy for a plurality of occurrences of a specified information element based upon the search criteria; and a display unit configured to; display within the pane the multilevel treeview of the information hierarchy, display within the multilevel treeview an indicator which indicates whether a displayed element of the information hierarchy comprises sub-elements, on one side of the multilevel treeview, indicate the location of the plurality of found occurrences of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview; graphically connecting via a graphical connection only the plurality of occurrences of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview, the graphical connection being positioned on an opposite side from the indicator with respect to the multilevel treeview, and comprising: a plurality of horizontal lines extending outward from each displayed found occurrence of the specified information element, and a vertical line positioned to intersect an outward end of each of the plurality of horizontal lines, the vertical line being terminated between a horizontal line corresponding to a first displayed found occurrence of the specified information element and a last displayed found occurrence of the specified information element; the input unit further configured to receive a user selection of an occurrence of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview; and the display unit further configured to display a pop-up menu positioned directly beneath the selected occurrence of the specified information element, the pop-up menu comprising: statistical information on the total number of occurrences of the specified information element, and a link to a next occurrence of the specified information element. 34. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the display unit is further configured to graphically connect a compressed branch of the information hierarchy containing a specified information element with the plurality of graphically connected found occurrences of the specified information element within the multilevel treeview.