Calendar view initial search functionality research

We have three kinds of widgets:

We encourage all customers to move onto the new widget 2.0, since the legacy widgets will be deprecated in due course.

The way the availability is searched between these widgets is different.

Widget 2.0

This widget has a calendar view or an event view you can choose from.

	Calendar view	Event list view
Initial query	The calendar style will search for dates 42 days into the future from the 1st day of the month.	The event style will search for dates 9 months in the future from the 1st day of the month.
Search further ahead	This window will then display, asking users to search further ahead. When searched it will look for a date across the next 6 month.s	This window will then display, asking users to search further ahead. When searched it will look for a date across the next 9 months.

Enterprise widgets

This widget has a calendar view or an event view you can choose from. It can only be created by your Account Manager at Appointedd.

	Calendar view	Event view
Initial query	The calendar style will search for dates in the current month only.	The event style will search for dates 3 months in the future from the 1st day of the month.
Search further ahead	This window will then display, asking users to search further ahead, month by month.	This window will then display, asking users to search further ahead. When searched it will look for a date across the next 3 months.
Additional tricks	You can ask your Account Manager to lock the view to a specific month only.

Standard widgets

	Calendar view
Initial query	The calendar style will search for dates in the current month only.
Search further ahead	This window will then display, asking users to search further ahead, month by month.

How does the 'search further ahead' window work?