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How can I expand on this search ability here so that it will search on any of the fields in my database view here and return records as I type in the Search textbox.

 

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  • timl Profile Picture
    36,682 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Terry-B 

    You can specify the additional column names that you want to search against like so...

    Search('part-masters',
     Text(TextBox1.Value), 
     "cr670_name", "cr670_customertool", "cr670_oempartnumber"
    )

     

     

  • Terry-B Profile Picture
    73 on at

    thanks,

    I have also read further now that the Search function only works with "TEXT" fields.  GRRRRR.....Why!!!!!!!!!

    Anyway around this?

     

  • timl Profile Picture
    36,682 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Terry-B 

    I get why this is frustrating. For as long as I've known, the Search function has only supported text fields. I guess Microsoft have never updated Search to support target columns of other data types. What target fields do need to search against (eg, numbers or LookUp columns)?

     

    A possible work around for this would be to wrap the call to Search around a call to Filter, and to filter the results from the Search function that match the criteria from the non-text columns. The disadvantage of this however is that it would not be delegable.

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