# SearchAssociations Method

## Overloads

| [SearchAssociations(SearchCombinationOptions, IEnumerable<String>, SearchPage)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IApp.SearchAssociations.htm#Qlik_Engine_IApp_SearchAssociations_Qlik_Engine_SearchCombinationOptions_System_Collections_Generic_IEnumerable_System_String__Qlik_Engine_SearchPage_) |  | Returns the search matches for one or more search terms.<br><br>The search results depend on the search context.<br><br><br>`SearchCombinationOptions`<br><br>SearchMatchCombinations<br><br>Please refer to Engine API reference for table definition. |
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[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IApp.SearchAssociations.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IApp.SearchAssociations.htm)

## SearchAssociations(SearchCombinationOptions, IEnumerable&lt;String&gt;, SearchPage)

Returns the search matches for one or more search terms.

The search results depend on the search context.

`SearchCombinationOptions`

#### SearchMatchCombinations

Please refer to Engine API reference for table definition.

### Declaration

```

          [Obsolete("Use _SearchResults_ method instead")]
SearchAssociationResult SearchAssociations([QixName("qOptions")] SearchCombinationOptions options, [QixName("qTerms")] IEnumerable<string> terms, [QixName("qPage")] SearchPage page)
    
  
```

### Parameters

| Type | Name | Description |
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| [SearchCombinationOptions](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.SearchCombinationOptions.htm) | options | Information about the search fields and the search context. |
| System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable&lt;System.String&gt; | terms | List of terms to search for. |
| [SearchPage](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.SearchPage.htm) | page | Array of pages to retrieve. |

### Returns

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [SearchAssociationResult](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.SearchAssociationResult.htm) |  |