# Search for Data

The PEARS site-wide search feature allows you to search across multiple modules using keywords. Use this to quickly locate records without navigating to each module individually.

## How to Search

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#### Open the search page

Click the **magnifying glass icon** on the PEARS homepage to open the search page.

![Screenshot: The PEARS homepage with the magnifying glass search icon highlighted in the top navigation bar](/files/gp98jYY4blXzWiNJkT3L)
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#### Apply filters (optional)

Use the filter options to narrow your search by **reporting period**, **program area**, or **specific modules**. Click **Apply** to save your filter selections.

![Screenshot: The search page filter panel showing reporting period, program area, and module filter dropdowns](/files/UXyNpeowD3ov23XYw49e)
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#### Enter search keywords

Type your keywords into the search field and press **Enter**. Results display matching records accessible to your user account, listed newest to oldest.

![Screenshot: Search results page showing matching records with module badges, record titles, and date information](/files/MB8R5Tx6YDKpg7dFe7jS)
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## Searchable Fields by Module

The search feature looks through the following fields in each module:

| Module                         | Searchable Fields                                                                |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Action Plans**               | Title, situation statement, public value, outcomes, indicators, intended outputs |
| **Action Plan Outcomes**       | Short-term, medium-term, and long-term evidence                                  |
| **Program Activities**         | Activity name, site, comments, recipes used                                      |
| **Success Stories**            | Title, keywords, background, narrative, quotes                                   |
| **Indirect Activities**        | Title, recipes used, activity channel                                            |
| **PSE Site Activities**        | Site, setting, intervention topic, comments, changes adopted                     |
| **Partnerships**               | Name, site, assistance type, relationship depth                                  |
| **Coalitions**                 | Name, assistance type, members, relationship depth                               |
| **Social Marketing Campaigns** | Name, intervention topics, details                                               |

## Modules Not Included in Search

The following modules are not included in the site-wide search: Surveys, Professional Development, Quarterly Efforts, Direct Contacts, Performance Reviews, and Community Relationships (CRM). To find records in these modules, navigate to the module directly and use the module's built-in filters.

## Access Permissions

Search results are limited to records you have permission to view. Your access depends on your collaborator status, supervisor roles, program area assignments, and data manager designation.


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://support.pears.io/getting-started/getting-started/search-for-data.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.