Title: Search Options
Last modified: June 29, 2021

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# Search Options

 *  Resolved [mlapl1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlapl1/)
 * (@mlapl1)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/)
 * Hello again
 * As far as I can tell the general search option searches ALL columns in the database
   whether or not the column is displayed on the page. Is it possible to enable “
   Column search” but NOT the general search? In other words, I may want to restrict
   the search to the contents of certain displayed columns. I have not yet found
   a way of doing that.
    Thanks as ever Andrew

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 *  Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/)
 * (@peterschulznl)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/#post-14607299)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * You have two options to add column specific search:
 * (1) Define columns to be searchable in Search Settings
    See: [https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/documentation/data-explorer/search-settings/](https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/documentation/data-explorer/search-settings/)
 * (2) Use the Search Builder
    See: [https://wpdataaccess.com/search-builder-demo/](https://wpdataaccess.com/search-builder-demo/)
 * Both are premium features. The second option is very easy to implement but needs
   to load all data into the browser on page load which makes this option unusable
   for large tables.
 * Hope this helps,
    Peter
 *  Thread Starter [mlapl1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlapl1/)
 * (@mlapl1)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/#post-14607547)
 * Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction, Peter. I do have 
   the premium plugin so will now investigate. As I am planning on large tables 
   in the future, I guess I should be thinking about the first option.
 * Cheers
    Andrew
 *  Thread Starter [mlapl1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlapl1/)
 * (@mlapl1)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/#post-14607557)
 * Just as an afterthought, I would like to get rid of the general search box at
   the top.
 *  Plugin Author [Passionate Programmer Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterschulznl/)
 * (@peterschulznl)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/#post-14614654)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * For publications this is documented here:
    [https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/documentation/data-publisher/advanced-settings/](https://wpdataaccess.com/docs/documentation/data-publisher/advanced-settings/)
   Section: Some examples (first example: option dom)
 * The dom option allows you to hide specific controls (like filter (= search)).
   More info about the dom option can be found here:
    [https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom](https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom)
 * For projects this is currently not possible, but you could write some javascript
   code to hide the control.
 * BTW, hiding the search box for projects is on my to do list! 😊
 * Hope this helps,
    Peter
 *  Thread Starter [mlapl1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlapl1/)
 * (@mlapl1)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-options-10/#post-14615241)
 * Thanks Peter – the more flexibility the better I guess. I was thinking of using
   something like microthemer to modify the relevant page.
 * I am looking forward to your planned improvements – I am sure they will be just
   great.
    Andrew

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