System for visual query and manipulation of configuration management records

Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and processes for enabling querying of one or more data stores of CM applications using a graphical user interface (GUI) by which a user (e.g., a developer, supervisor, or project team leader) may select search terms. The GUI may offer one or more types of categories of search terms illustrated at a high level, such that a user may select search terms without knowledge of the underlying data structure of the data store(s). In some embodiments of the invention, when search results are presented to the user issuing a query, the search results are presented in a GUI that permits the users to make edits to the data without opening other windows to make the changes. For example, in some embodiments of the invention, the user may be permitted to select one or more results and “drag” the results, using the GUI, to another element of the GUI to make a change to the data, or may perform any other graphical operation with the results.