Search your library
Why search your library?
With Search your library, you can search existing content in Answers and Liveboards to get the information you need. This feature complements Search Data, where users create new Answers and Liveboards.
Search your library supports new users who are not yet familiar with the data in their organization. Search Data is intuitive, but you must have some knowledge of the data, a basic working vocabulary for the data domain. When you first begin to work with your company’s data, it may be challenging to ask meaningful questions, since you may not know the names of the principal metrics, dimensions, and groupings.
Search your library eliminates redundant construction of new Answers and Liveboards by finding what is already in the system, the result of your co-workers' earlier queries. We now have a solution for leveraging these existing artifacts while eliminating lost productivity of duplicate work. And we also help you succeed the very first time you use ThoughtSpot.
How to search your library
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To search, select Search your library from the top navigation.
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Enter your search terms in the Search to search objects or navigate anywhere in ThoughtSpot.
As you enter terms in the search bar, ThoughtSpot suggests relevant and recently viewed Answers, Liveboards, and locations in the user interface.
The results indicate the type of object, author, and location for each entry.
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Select one of the suggested items to go to that page.
The following example shows the results page for an object search:
| ThoughtSpot supports Search your library for multiple languages. Search your library for English is GA. Search Answers for all other supported languages is in Beta. |
Indexing for Search
You can search for any Answer or Liveboard that ThoughtSpot has indexed. ThoughtSpot indexes changes in ThoughtSpot in less than 10 minutes (less than 5 in most cases). If you do not see a new object when you search for it, or you do see an object that you deleted, or you modify the access permissions for an Answer or Liveboard, ThoughtSpot will reflect this change within 10 minutes.