# How to search for an object/ flow

**URL:** <https://community.synatic.com/t/how-to-search-for-an-object-flow/173>\
**Category:** New Features\
**Tags:** flows, helper-functions, buffer, connection, new-portal\
**Created:** [January 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-to-search-for-an-object-flow/173 "2022-01-26T13:48:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![navessa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.synatic.com/navessa/32/58_2.png) [@navessa](https://community.synatic.com/u/navessa)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-to-search-for-an-object-flow/173/1 "2022-01-26T13:48:11Z")

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The searching feature applies to **flows, buffers, connections, relays, parameters, API builder and operations views.**

**NB: Please note that the object/ flow can be searched by the title, name or description of the object/flow.**

In this example, we are searching for a flow.

To search for a flow, go to the Search bar on the top left corner of the web page as shown in the below image. It is above the Operations Views tab.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/1X/0d0845f40ddfd46a81a362b71029e65ac132bee1.png)

To search for a flow using a **keyword** , type a keyword of the **flow’s title, name or description** as circled in red in the below image. In this example, I searched using “flow” as a keyword and it returned the flows which includes the keyword.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/1X/2619967a920560e6f76ae7bd9e839c67260613f2.png)

To search for a flow using a **flow’s title without white spaces** , type in the full name of the flow as illustrated in the below image.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/1X/51aeeab926b960645a1d1a0c6ff218d86b8e7b35.png)

To search for a flow using a **flow’s title with white spaces** , type the full name of the flow with **double quotations ( " " )** as shown in the below image.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/1X/86b4c05b07bb453b3a059220e179bc301a03c3d9.png)

**Additional information when performing a search:**

- It performs an **OR search**.
- It **replaces** most **punctuations** with delimiters. e.g. A hyphen will be replaced with a white space.
- It uses the **snowball stemming algorithm**. e.g. If you search for a flow name such as “currentdates”, it will return the first record because it is a plural of something that exists in the object/ flows.