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title: "Searching Cards in Ontraccr: Within and Across Boards"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/searching-cards-in-ontraccr-within-and-across-boards"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-05-27T10:13:16.610Z"
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# Searching Cards in Ontraccr: Within and Across Boards

## **🔎 Searching Cards in Ontraccr: Within and Across Boards**  
 

### **Overview**

Ontraccr’s **Search** feature makes it easy to quickly find specific cards — whether you’re looking for a project, a client request, or a candidate application. You can search **within the current board** or **across all boards**, and jump straight to the matching card.

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## 🎯 **Why Use Search?**

Use search when you need to:

-   Find a card by **name, address, or keyword**
-   Jump to a specific **client, site, or job**
-   Avoid scrolling through large boards
-   Search across multiple departments or workflows in one go

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## 🧩 **How to Use the Search Feature**

1.  Open any board in Ontraccr.
2.  Locate the **search bar** just under the board title.
3.  Type in a keyword, name, address, or number.
4.  Ontraccr will return a list of matching cards:
    -   First from the **current board**
    -   Then from **other boards** you have access to

✅ Click any result to jump directly to that card. It will be **highlighted in bold** so you can locate it quickly.

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## 🔁 **Cross-Board Search**

-   Search results will include matches from **other boards** even if you're currently on a different one.
-   When you click a result from another board, Ontraccr will **auto-switch to that board** and scroll to the selected card.

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## ✅ **Example Use Cases**

| Use Case | Search Term | What Happens |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Find a job site card | “123 Street” | Highlights card titled “Job at 123 Street” |
| Locate a client’s service request | “Client A” | Shows all cards linked to Client A |
| Jump to a specific estimator’s job | “Noah” | Shows cards with Noah as assigned user |
| Find an old PO | “PO-0015” | Navigates to the PO card with that ID |

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## 🧠 **Tips & Edge Cases**

-   You can search using **partial matches** (e.g., “12” will find “123 Street” and “12th Ave”)
-   Works best with clear naming conventions for cards
-   Searching doesn’t currently filter — it jumps directly to results
-   If you’re not seeing what you expect, try searching by **linked field values** or full names