Smart Search

How to use Smart Search on individual pages in Indema to filter and find records quickly.

Written By Gemma DeMasi

Every main page in Indema has its own Smart Search. This is a live, multi-part search that filters the records on that page as you type -- no need to open filters or navigate to another view.


How Smart Search works

Click the search bar on any page -- Contacts, Vendors, Products, Invoices, Estimates, or Purchase Orders. Start typing. Results filter in real time as you type.

Smart Search is a multi-part search, meaning you can combine terms. For example, on the Products page you could type a category name followed by a vendor name and it will return results matching both parts of your search.


What you can search on each page

  • Contacts -- name, email, phone number, tags

  • Vendors -- name, account number, company description, category

  • Products -- name, category, vendor, description

  • Invoices and Estimates -- number, client name, project name

  • Purchase Orders -- number, vendor name, client name

The company description field on a vendor record is fully searchable. Many studios use this field to store the vendor category so they can search by type -- for example, typing Lighting returns all vendors where Lighting appears in the description.