# Search bar for collections

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-for-collections/64308>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-for-collections/64308 "2023-07-24T13:28:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mina\_Jafari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mina_jafari/32/61842_2.png) [@Mina\_Jafari](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mina_Jafari)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-for-collections/64308/1 "2023-07-24T13:28:46Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to assign the search bar to only one specific column in my data table?  
Basically, I want to search for values in only one column and not the whole data table

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**Author:** ![Laurent\_Maleville](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/laurent_maleville/32/8643_2.png) [@Laurent\_Maleville](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Laurent_Maleville)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-for-collections/64308/2 "2023-07-24T20:15:29Z")

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Hi @Mina_Jafari,

Can you share more informations about your project. What kind of column do you want make a search? What component use?  
Do you make any screen shot of your project?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-bar-for-collections/64308/3 "2023-07-25T00:29:40Z")

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Most straightforward thing to do is use a custom search approach.

- Add a user-specific column to the table you’re building the screen on. Preferably the screen should be built on top of the User profiles table for flexibility, and filtered to the signed-in user’s row.

- Add a text entry component and point it to the column above.

- Filter the items to be showed by the user-specific input. Something like:

If input is empty then true (show everything)  
If input is included in column value then true  
Else return nothing