# Search multiple data sources in glide?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-multiple-data-sources-in-glide/75417>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-multiple-data-sources-in-glide/75417 "2024-08-05T05:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![AldertBas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@AldertBas](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AldertBas)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-multiple-data-sources-in-glide/75417/1 "2024-08-05T05:37:21Z")

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How can users implement a search function within a glide app that filters through multiple data sources simultaneously?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-multiple-data-sources-in-glide/75417/2 "2024-08-05T05:53:25Z")

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Assuming that by multiple data sources you mean multiple tables, you can implement a custom search.

At a high level, something like the following:

- Create a single row table to serve as the source of your search screen
- Add a RowID column to the table, and a user specific text column to hold the search input
- In each table that you want to be searched, add two columns:  
– A single value column, that takes the value in search input column of the helper table, and applies it to all rows  
– An if-then-else column:  
— If column to be searched contains search term, then `true`
- On your layout, add a text input component to accept the search term, and target it at the user specific column
- Now add a separate collection for each table to be searched. On each one, filter it so that only rows where the if-then-else column is checked are shown.