# Powerchart search functionality in the tag browser

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 7, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693 "2026-08-07T05:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayachandran.m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jayachandran.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jayachandran.m)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693/1 "2026-08-07T05:10:03Z")

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Hi,

The default powerchart tag browser of perspective lacks the search functionality, is there any workaround to add search function.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/7/e79021d094b9a904cd629c4c212f72bb294cb2bb.jpeg)

Thanks  
Jayachandran M

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693/2 "2026-08-07T05:21:17Z")

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There's no work around aside from creating this functionality yourself, either by using the Tree component and generating the nodes yourself via script, or some other component like a Table.

I have attempted this myself before, and i'll say that I found it difficult to produce a performant Tree structure when you have a lot of historised tags. There was a noticeable delay when lazy-loading tree nodes when expanding folders. I tried a number of things to reduce this like caching the tagpaths etc, but I couldn't get an acceptable lag. Loading the entire tree was not an option; there was a significant performance hit to the entire page when I first tested this (as I suspected there would be).

Going with a Table that is virtualised is far easier.

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**Author:** ![jayachandran.m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@jayachandran.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jayachandran.m)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693/3 "2026-08-10T06:25:13Z")

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Thanks @nminchin . Will try this and will update on how far i can get.