# Search Method

## Overloads

| [Search(List<String>, eDDDValueType, eSearchTypePix, String)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2026/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.IDSC.Search.htm#PIX_Services_IDSC_Search_System_Collections_Generic_List_System_String__PIX_eDDDValueType_PIX_eSearchTypePix_System_String_) |  | Changes to this [WebMethod] affects the publisher upgrade tool. |
| --- | --- | --- |

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.IDSC.Search.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.IDSC.Search.htm)

## Search(List&lt;String&gt;, eDDDValueType, eSearchTypePix, String)

Changes to this [WebMethod] affects the publisher upgrade tool.

### Declaration

```

          List<DSItem> Search(List<string> ids, eDDDValueType idtype, eSearchTypePix resulttype, string otherattribute)
    
  
```

### Parameters

| Type | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| System.Collections.Generic.List&lt;System.String&gt; | ids |  |
| [eDDDValueType](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2026/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.eDDDValueType.htm) | idtype |  |
| [eSearchTypePix](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2026/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.eSearchTypePix.htm) | resulttype |  |
| System.String | otherattribute |  |

### Returns

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| System.Collections.Generic.List&lt;[DSItem](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2026/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.DSItem.htm)&gt; |  |