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title: "Search Overview"
slug: "search-overview"
updated: 2026-07-21T19:57:59Z
published: 2026-07-21T19:57:59Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/search-overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search Overview

Beast Core 6 has a powerful Search plugin with functionality that is logical and easy to use.

## Open the Search Plugin

1. Click the far-left **magnifying glass** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-1ZWWJJVM.png) icon to open the Search plugin on the main screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif.gif)
  - Or select **Search** in the expandable left-hand content pane’s drop-down menu to open Search in that pane

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-V2362M9A.png)
2. Refer to these articles for additional information:
  - [Content Pane](/beast-core/docs/left-hand-content-pane)
  - [Navigation Pane: Application Menu](/beast-core/docs/app-selector-menu)

## Use Search Features

1. The Search plugin:
  - Provides two search category tabs and a Search textbox

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-1QRH3LEE.png)
  - Conducts a global search for related program data when you enter a keyword
2. You can sort ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-2LFQ879C.png) some search results table columns:
  - Alphabetically (A-Z; Z-A)
  - Numerically (low to high; high to low)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif1.gif)
3. If applicable, use the horizontal scroll bar to access items outside of the viewing window.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Search results that exceed the size of the search window display via an infinite scroll function.
> 
> 
> 
> Additional content loads automatically when the vertical scroll bar (or your mouse wheel) reaches the bottom of the window.
4. Use the search results **Filter** feature to reduce the number of unique search results (table rows)
  - Left click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-W5GCZGJQ.png) button in the upper right corner of the search results table to access the filter submenus
    - See the [Filter Search Results](/beast-core/docs/filter-search-results) article for additional information
5. Use the **Configure Table** menu to reduce the number of columns (metadata topics) that display on a search results table
  - Left click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-56RC1FHN.png) **eye** icon in the upper right corner of the search results table to open the **Configure Table** menu
    - See the [Configure a Search Results Table](/beast-core/docs/configure-a-search-results-table) article for additional information

## Search for Components

1. Select the (default) **Components** tab to search for specific component metadata by keyword.
  - Returned search results are in a columned format when you conduct a search on the main screen

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-10 154915.png)
  - Your keyword query returns abbreviated results when you conduct a search in the left-hand content pane
    - To expand this pane, hover over the right edge of the content pane and click and drag the blue vertical line

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif2.gif)
2. Left click the **Ellipsis** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-S59O0PSC.png) in the **Action** column to open an **Action Menu** for your selected component.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-04 121608(6).png)
  - See these articles for additional information:
    - [Search for Components](/beast-core/docs/component-search)
    - [Component Search Results - Display Differences](/beast-core/docs/component-search-display-differences)

## Search for Documents

1. Select the **Documents** tab to search (by keyword) for reference documents relevant to a specific component or system.
2. To open a desired document:
  - Click the **Ellipsis** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-8DP2GK8A.png) in that document’s **Actions** column
  - Select **Open Document** on the Document **Action Menu**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-05 100011(1).png)
3. See the [Search for Documents](/beast-core/docs/search-documents) article for additional information.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif3.gif)