Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Do you ever need an way to quickly and easily search your database in custom ways? In this video, I take you from the basics of searching one column through to tying together multiple related fields into one searchable field and returning the data with a link so you can easily find the original row in the data.
If you're wanting to do searches using partial matches or independently search in different columns, check out my other video on creating a search box in Google Sheets here: youtu.be/hvvClkkx408
If you need to search multiple tabs, check out this video: youtu.be/PHPCdVLazLU
And then if you want to be able to edit the results, check out this video: youtu.be/R3m_6QOvPgA
0:00 Intro
0:33 1. Searching a Single Column
2:55 2. Sorting Search Options
4:22 3. Searching Multiple Columns
7:27 4. Combining Multiple Fields for Unified Search
12:01 5. Adding a Link to the Result Data
Do you ever need an way to quickly and easily search your database in custom ways? In this video, I take you from the basics of searching one column through to tying together multiple related fields into one searchable field and returning the data with a link so you can easily find the original row in the data.
If you're wanting to do searches using partial matches or independently search in different columns, check out my other video on creating a search box in Google Sheets here: youtu.be/hvvClkkx408
If you need to search multiple tabs, check out this video: youtu.be/PHPCdVLazLU
And then if you want to be able to edit the results, check out this video: youtu.be/R3m_6QOvPgA
0:00 Intro
0:33 1. Searching a Single Column
2:55 2. Sorting Search Options
4:22 3. Searching Multiple Columns
7:27 4. Combining Multiple Fields for Unified Search
12:01 5. Adding a Link to the Result Data
