I am going to be passing all my work on in about 4 weeks and method 2, while being effective, seems very technical when compared to the use of saved searches. I can do it, but I feel maintenance down the road for other people would be rather difficult (that may be a false assumption). I will be doing method 2 if there is not a solution that I like more.
EDIT: I am also responsible for setting the foundation of standards in this system and I am worried that method 2 is a bit awkward when saved searches have so much support built in.
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