Search
How search works in Nanabase: the search bar, Cmd+K, which fields are searched, and how results from your private list and the company directory are shown.
Search looks through your private contacts and, when a company is selected, that company's directory at the same time.
Three ways to search#
- The search bar at the top of every page: Search people, skills, or industries. A label under it tells you where you are searching, for example "Searching: My contacts" or "Searching: Northwind directory".
- Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows) opens a quick search from anywhere: Search all contacts.... It shows the top 5 results in each group. If you belong to two or more companies, it can search all of them at once.
- The results page. Press Enter in the search bar to see every match. With a company selected, you land on the company's search page. Without one, Enter filters My Contacts.
What is searched#
Search matches these fields:
- First and last name
- Phone
- Company
- Job title
- Department
- Expertise and skills
- Industry
- Region
- Tags
Notes are never searched.
If you type several words, a contact has to match every word. For example, maya northwind finds Maya Chen at Northwind Logistics, and not every Maya.
There are no search operators such as quotes, AND or OR. Type plain words.
The results page#
The company search page shows your private contacts and the company directory together.
- Tabs split the results: All, My Contacts and Directory.
- Sort by Relevance, Name A-Z, Name Z-A or Recently Added.
- The first 20 results show at once. Click Load more for the rest, up to 500 matches.
What you see in results#
Search follows the same rules as the rest of the app:
- Your private contacts appear only in your own results.
- Directory contacts show only the details their visibility level allows you to see. See visibility levels.
Filter a list instead#
On My Contacts and in the Directory, the search box above the table narrows that list as you type. The directory also filters by department and by date added.