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Good Day,
Currently building my very first WebApp, with the help of youtube and various tutos.

Today, I’ve got my access db thats is properly converted to a webapp, but I encountered a little issue I didnt expect at this stage : on the webapp, the “Search” box doesnt seem to find anything at all 🙁
A brief description of my db : a basic table consisting of 17 fields and 26 entries.
Whatever the search I’m typing in, a customer name, an ID number, anything... the result will show blank 🙁
Could anyone explain please ? Have you encountered the same issue ?
Many thanks in anticipation!

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Hi@Anthony_D,
Based on the issue that you mentioned, do you want to filter the table based on the search box?
Could you please share a bit more about the scenario:
What is your data source, an Excel table?
Which control do you use to display and filter the data?
What is your formula, how you set the related Search() function?
I assume that you have an Excel table as data source, a Gallery to display and filter the data, a TextInput to search for the key word.
Here is my scenario, please take a try as below.
Connect OneDrive to your App.
Add a TextInput control.
Insert a Gallery and set the Items property as below:

Search(Table1,TextInput3.Text,"ID","CustomerName") // Table is my table name in Excel.

Note: All the column type should be Text type only for that the Search() function only allows a column containing text or string to be searched.
Or you could use the StartsWith() function, set the Items property as follows:

Filter(Table1,StartsWith(ID,TextInput3.Text) Or StartsWith(CustomerName,TextInput3.Text))

Hope it could help.
Best Regards,
Qi

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Good Day QI,

Thanks for your quick response.
Yes this is the scenario I'd like to run :
Table name : tblCustomer
Targeted field/colomn : CompanyName

When typing any Company name, I am expecting to display the whole company details screen.

Example : in the Search Bar, if I am typing "ABC Corp" , I want my webapp to recognize "ABCP Corp" as a valid entry and open the whole "ABC Corp" details window (contact details, website, people and so on...)

On the gallery, if I enter the function (Fx) :
Search(tblCustomer, TextSearchBox1.Text, "CompanyName") I get a red cross stating "ParenClose" indicating the command is wrong....

Now, I am stuck at this level.
Can you assist please?

CHEERS^^

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QI,
I followed your advise religiously, butI still get some error message that's confusing me:

>>>> Search(tblClient; TextSearchBox1.Text; "NomSociété" )

Please open pictures here :
https://file.cloudbuilder.axians.com/d/496cf5521cd24ae29eca/

Thank you !!

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Hi@Anthony_D,
Sorry for the time zone and here we go.
Could you please check the formula I provided one more time and check which property I set for the formula?
Please find the Items property of your Gallery, and put the formula within it, check the scenario below:
The first screenshot means that if there is no key word within the search bar, the Gallery will display all the table.
The second screenshot means that if there is a key word within the search bar, the Gallery will display based on the search word.
Please modify your formula as below:
If(IsBlank(TextSearchbox1.Text),'tblCustomer',Search('tblCustomer',TextSearchbox1.Text,"CompanyName"))
Hope it could help.
Best Regards,
Qi

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QI,

You are the man!
Now, my search bar works fine .... I am relieved !!! 🤗

Thank you ever so much for your kind assistance 🍻

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