Searching in the entire data set

When you are analyzing data on a sheet, smart search is available in the selections bar. Click F to open smart search.

Performing a search

As you type your search query, Qlik Sense filters the field values and displays the matching items. The search will search for field values and dimension values (also dimension values that are created as master items).

If you use more than one search term and separate them by spaces, they are interpreted as separate search terms. If you want them to be interpreted as only one search term, use quotation marks (" ") to link them together, for example, “mountain bike” or “fresh fruit”.

You can clear the search field by clicking ‰ to the right in the search field. Click F to close smart search.

List of results

The search results show the combinations of matches found in the Qlik Sense database. The results are based on field associations and are sorted by the number of matched search terms, in descending order. If there are more than one match to your search query, a suggestion list is displayed with matches ordered by relevance. Click a suggestion to insert it into the search field. When you select a result you make an actual selection of the values, and your current selections and the visualizations containing the selected data are updated.

The search terms are always compared against the beginning of the words in the database. Searching for “read” does not present “bread” as a match, whereas “reader” and “Reading” would both be matches. The search terms are each given a color to support the identification of the matches. When there are more than six search terms, the colors are reused.

Using search to change the current selection

If you have made a selection, you can perform a search within that selection. Then you can click on search results to change your current selections. Smart search searches within your selections automatically, all you need to do is add search strings and perform a new search. You can do this over and over to filter your search results.

If you search within a selection and your query does not produce a result for your search term, you can start a new search by clicking Start a new search only for‘<your search term>’. By doing this, your current selections will be cleared.

If you search within a selection using multiple terms and your query does not produce a result for all of your search terms, you can view partial matches by clicking Show partial matches.

If you a search within a locked selection and your query does not produce a result, you will get the message “Within your current selection, there are no matches for these search terms: <your search terms>”. Then you can consider to unlock the selection and perform a new search.

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