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# Search Platform resources

Search across all platform applications to find workflows, forms, templates, and other resources. System Search provides a unified interface for locating resources regardless of which application created them.

## When to use System Search

Use System Search to find resources when:

* You know the resource name but not which application contains it
* You need to find all resources with a specific tag
* You want to search across multiple applications at once
* You're looking for resources created by someone else

## Access System Search

Open System Search from the dashboard or any application.

#### Open the menu

Click the hamburger icon (☰) at the top-left corner of the screen

#### Select System Search

Click **System Search** in the menu

#### View search panel

The System Search panel appears on the right side of the screen

### Where System Search is available

Access System Search from these applications:

* Dashboard
* Admin Essentials
* Studio
* Operations Manager
* Configuration Manager

System Search is not available in all applications. If you don't see System Search in the menu, navigate to one of the applications listed above.

## Search for resources

Find resources by name or tag.

#### Open System Search

Access System Search from the hamburger menu

#### Enter search terms

Type the resource name or tag in the search bar

#### View results

Matching resources appear as you type

**Search tips:**

* Search matches partial names (e.g., "deploy" finds "deployment-workflow")
* Search includes tags assigned to resources
* Search is case-insensitive
* Results update automatically as you type

## Understand search results

Search results appear in a table with detailed information about each resource.

### Result columns

| Column          | Information                            |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| **Match**       | Resource name that matches your search |
| **Application** | Application where the resource exists  |
| **Tags**        | Tags assigned to the resource          |
| **Description** | Resource description (if provided)     |

### Navigate results

Control how results are displayed.

**Sort results:**

Click the **Sort By** button above the Description column to sort by:

* Name (ascending or descending)
* Application
* Date created
* Date modified

**Change page size:**

Use the pagination controls at the bottom to show more or fewer results per page.

**Refresh results:**

Click the **Refresh** button above the Match column to reload the search results.

## Open a resource

Navigate directly to a resource from search results.

#### Find the resource

Locate the resource in the search results table

#### Click the name

Click the resource name in the **Match** column

#### View in application

The resource opens in its associated application

When you open a resource, you'll be redirected to the application that contains it. The application opens in the same browser tab.

## Search limitations

System Search only finds resources from applications that expose their data to the Search API.

### What you can search

Resources exposed by these applications:

* **Studio**: Workflows, transformations, forms
* **Admin Essentials**: Users, roles, tags
* **Operations Manager**: Job histories, schedules
* **Configuration Manager**: Golden configurations, device groups
* **Lifecycle Manager**: Resource models, instances

### What you cannot search

System Search does not find:

* Resources in applications that don't expose data to the Search API
* File contents (only searches names, tags, and descriptions)
* Historical versions of resources
* Deleted or archived resources

## Next steps

#### [Studio](/itential-platform/studio/overview)

Create and manage workflows