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title: "Accessing and Navigating the Advanced Search Interface"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/accessing-and-navigating-the-advanced-search-interface"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-08-12T20:53:49.211Z"
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# Accessing and Navigating the Advanced Search Interface

## **Accessing and Navigating the Advanced Search Interface**  
 

### 📌 **Summary**

This article explains how to access the Advanced Search feature and introduces the layout of its interface, including how to begin a search on either **Forms** or **Boards**.

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### **🚀 How to Access Advanced Search**

1.  From any page in Ontraccr, locate the **top-right corner** of your screen.
2.  Click the **magnifying glass icon** (🔍), which represents the search tool.
3.  You will be redirected to the **Advanced Search interface**.

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### **🧭 Interface Overview**

Once inside the Advanced Search screen, you'll see two main tabs on the left:

-   **Forms**: Used to search and filter through submitted forms.
-   **Boards**: Used to search and filter board cards based on card templates and fields.

Each tab has its own unique query-building tools, explained in detail in the next articles.

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### **▶️ Starting a New Search**

To begin a search:

### For Forms:

-   Click the **Forms** tab on the left.
-   Click the **blue “Open Search” button**.
-   A **slider panel** will appear from the right side where you can build your search query.

### For Boards:

-   Click the **Boards** tab on the left.
-   Click **“Open Search”**.
-   The same style of slider appears, allowing you to build card-based queries.

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### **🔄 Tabs Are Independent**

Each tab (Forms or Boards) retains its own saved queries, filters, and logic.

Switching tabs won’t delete your current progress.