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title: "Viewing and Navigating Board Search Results"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/viewing-and-navigating-board-search-results"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-08-12T21:02:00.336Z"
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# Viewing and Navigating Board Search Results

## **Viewing and Navigating Board Search Results**  
 

### 📌 **Summary**

After submitting a board-based query in Ontraccr’s Advanced Search, the system returns a detailed, **board-specific breakdown** of results. This article explains how to navigate the results, explore cards, and access deeper information directly from the search interface.

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### **🧭 Results Layout: Boards & Stages**

When your board query completes, the results are **grouped by board and stage**.

### **🔹 At the Top Level:**

-   Each **board** included in your query appears as its own section.
-   You’ll see how many **matching cards** exist per board.
    -   Example:
        -   PMA Dispatch → 20 matches
        -   PMA Archive → 1 match

### **🔹 Within Each Board:**

-   Expand the board using the **chevron (▸)** icon.
-   Results are further grouped by **stage/column** within the board.
-   You can see the number of cards in each stage.

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### **📋 Visible Card Data**

Within each stage, the following is displayed for each matching card:

-   **Status** (e.g. unassigned, in progress)
-   **Custom fields** (based on card design)
-   **Card number**
-   **Linked users or details** (if part of design)
-   **How long the card has been in that status**

Example fields shown in the session:

Patrol

PMA Type

Old Date Due

Work Instructions

(Exact fields vary by card template)

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### **✏️ Interacting With Cards**

Each card in the search results offers the following actions:

### **🔹 Edit the Card**

-   Click the **Edit icon** to open the card in editable mode.
-   You can update fields directly from the search screen.

### **🔹 View the Card**

-   Click the **Card number** to open the card in **read-only** view mode.
-   This mimics how the card appears on the actual board.

🔄 This gives you full access to card data without navigating back to the board view.

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### **📌 Differences from Form Search**

| Feature | Form Search | Board Search |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Results grouped by | N/A | Board → Stage |
| Edit items directly | ❌ | ✅ |
| View details (non-edit mode) | ✅ (via form ID) | ✅ (via card #) |
| Export to CSV | ✅ | ❌ |