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Troy Fulkerson's avatar
Troy Fulkerson
Brass Contributor
Nov 07, 2019

How do I search a SharePoint list from a Teams Tab.

When I add a SharePoint list as a tab in a Teams channel, there doesn't seem to be any way to search the list.  Am I missing a setting, or is this by design?   This is making long lists as a Teams tab practically unusable for us.  Work arounds are using filters, but that is not intuitive to most of my users, OR, click the Open in SharePoint button, and then do the search there (which defeats the purpose of adding the list as a Teams Tab)   The Teams search bar at the top of the screen does not search the list.

 

Here is a screenshot of what I am seeing:

 

  • Lightstone1829's avatar
    Lightstone1829
    Copper Contributor

    Troy Fulkerson I just started integrating Teams into my company and i just ran into the dreaded missing search feature.  Now I am not invested in the List App yet but would still like to use Teams.  Is there another app that works similar to the List App but actually has a search feature?

    • GeriWales's avatar
      GeriWales
      Copper Contributor

      Lightstone1829 I use the Files function in TEAMS.  On the far left columns, click on the App call "Files."  File allows you to select where you want to search from - Recent, MS Teams, Downloads, and even cloud storage then go to the search box and type in what you are looking for.  The systems will search all for the keywords and return a list.  The search defaults to all but you can choose the files only option.

  • kwashlack's avatar
    kwashlack
    Copper Contributor

    Troy Fulkerson 

    Hello, 

    Has anyone found a viable solution to not being able to search within a Microsoft List?  The all-inclusive search at the top of teams does not bring up results in my List.  

    Thanks!

    Keira

  • Mikejr2009's avatar
    Mikejr2009
    Copper Contributor

    Troy Fulkerson  Mine was working fine with a Search bar until yesterday. Today is gone for all my organization, not sure what happend. Like i said, we always had the search bar for all our sharepoint lists in teams. The only way to search right now is if you select the option "Open in Sharepoint" , it will take you to your browser but the search works there.

    • JimReilly's avatar
      JimReilly
      Copper Contributor
      It vanished on our tenant too...why in the hell would they get rid of that??? That made embedding lists usable...without it it's USELESS!
      • allyazz's avatar
        allyazz
        Brass Contributor

         

        I have the exact same issue. Reported it with MS Support and they told me this feature currently does not exist. MS obviously thought, a database applet without a search functionality will suffice for most of the business users. Us, poor souls trying to retrieve data from a list (obviously an operation left in the past) are doomed to leave the premises of MS Teams and rely on good old Sharepoint.

         

        MS Teams is a joke since most of the features are rolled out as minimum viable products, which then leaves customers and users with frustration because things either don't work or are plain and simple stupid.

    • Suzanne_Childers's avatar
      Suzanne_Childers
      Copper Contributor

      @Troy FulkersonMikejr2009 , varriano 

      Up until the last couple of days, we had the ability to search a list in Teams. The Search box appeared to the left of the Quick Edit and Open in SharePoint options.

       

      We need it back. Already getting help desk tickets looking for it.

       

      With the ability to add a list as a Teams tab link, we need the ability to then search as well.

      Thanks!

      • varriano's avatar
        varriano
        Copper Contributor

        Suzanne_Childers 

         

        I may not understand, but I think your problem is not fixable in so much as Microsoft has changed and they are not concerned with your use, the change is part of something larger. 

         

        The quick overview, and the marketing people explain it here

  • varriano's avatar
    varriano
    Copper Contributor

    Troy Fulkerson I can not answer that question.  A solution that worked for our organization was to publish a powerapp and post that (side bar and or top bar) and utilize search/cards.   The experience transferred well to mobile as an "app" but in some cases we find we still go back to the list for quick edit or similar sort functions that require more than searching for a specific item to modify/act on.

    • GeriWales's avatar
      GeriWales
      Copper Contributor

      varriano can you send me screenshots on the PowerApp setup or details so I can try to emulate it?

    • Troy Fulkerson's avatar
      Troy Fulkerson
      Brass Contributor

      Thanks varriano .  In one situation, that is exactly what I did.  Lot of extra work just to get a search feature.  Hopefully the SharePoint/Teams groups will get together and add this ability.  

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