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The War Room • Room 5
Base & Post-Process Searches
A **Base Search** runs once and feeds its results into multiple **Post-Process Searches**. Each post-process search applies additional transformations (stats, eval, where) without re-running the expensive base query.
This is a **critical** dashboard performance technique: instead of 10 panels each running the same base search, one base search feeds all 10.
In Simple XML, the base search has an `id`, and each post-process panel references it via `base="search_id"`.
Knowledge Check
Prove your understanding to clear the room (Rewards XP)
Explain the base/post-process design pattern.
A ______ search runs once and its results are reused by multiple ______ searches, reducing total search load.