If you do a search in Alfresco Share, using the top right search bar or using the advanced search page, you'll land into the same result page. If you take a look, the search result page displays a left panel with facets. If you click on a value, the list of results will be filtered. By default, this page allows you to filter on:
Creator
File Type
Creation Date
File Size
Modifier
Modification Date
Note
What's faceted search? Faceted search, also called faceted navigation or faceted browsing, is a technique for accessing information organized according to a faceted classification system, allowing users to explore a collection of information by applying multiple filters. A faceted classification system classifies each information element along multiple explicit dimensions, called facets, enabling the classifications to be accessed and ordered in multiple ways rather than in a single, pre-determined, taxonomic order. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search...