# Search function on perspective dashboard page

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571 "2023-04-18T13:02:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/1 "2023-04-18T13:02:20Z")

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To make a search function work, like the search on the website Android Police for example, I make a table of all my pages with a link column, and a column with descriptions that can be searched?

Then I use prepupdate to run the query from the text they search for?

Or how do I handle when they put in more than one word?

Are there easy ways to get all the views into a list easily?

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ChatGPT said that most sites use a search engine that indexes the pages.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/2 "2023-04-18T14:37:21Z")

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you could use google and inject it into you perspective i guess... but those come with a price (or ads)

> **[Programmable Search Engine by Google](https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/)**
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> Help people find what they need on your website. Add a customizable search box to your web pages and show fast, relevant results powered by Google.

this also means your website will have to be public for the search engine to look in it... probably not a good idea for most igniton/busniess cases

it will be safer to just make a searchable dropdown and add in your own stuff

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/3 "2023-04-18T15:09:55Z")

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What do you want to be searchable ?

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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/4 "2023-04-18T15:23:55Z")

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I am working on my megamenu now.

I don't think the search feature is best.  
I don't have something I want searchable.  
I have pages I want people to find easily.

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/5 "2023-04-18T15:25:43Z")

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Almost like a site map? You want people to be able to navigate your perspective project via this search bar?

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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-function-on-perspective-dashboard-page/72571/6 "2023-04-18T15:27:43Z")

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I am not looking into a search feature anymore.

I should improve my megamenu instead I think.

Thanks for helping me.