Search

Table of contents
  1. Overview
  2. Quick Search From the Header
  3. Using Search
  4. Navigating to Results
  5. What is Indexed

Overview

The Search page provides full-text search across the entire EORSA-DB database. You can reach it by typing a term in the Search bar in the top navigation header and pressing Enter (or clicking the search icon). Access requires the AccessOtherDataButProgrammatics permission.

Screenshot of the Search page showing the search input and scope filters

Quick Search From the Header

Before opening the full Search page, you can use the Search bar in the top header for a quick lookup.

  1. Click inside the Search database input in the header.
  2. Start typing your term. As you type, a small results popup opens directly under the input. The popup is a card titled Found N results and lists each match with its name, a short preview of its description, and its type.
  3. To open the full Search page with the same query (and all the filters described below), press Enter or click the magnifying-glass button next to the input.

  1. Enter your search term in the large input at the top of the page. The search is triggered as you type (debounced).

  2. Use the scope selector to restrict the search:

    Scope Behaviour
    All Searches both EORSA-DB items and uploaded documents/attachments.
    Items Searches only domain entities (Missions, Instruments, Requirements, etc.).
    Documents Searches only the textual content of uploaded files (PDF, DOCX, …).

  3. Optionally narrow the result set further by selecting one or more specific types in the type filter dropdown (e.g., only Mission and Data Product). The available types depend on the selected scope.

  4. Results appear as cards below the input. Each card shows the result name, a type badge, the breadcrumb (Parent type > Parent name > Result type > File name for documents), and a content preview.

  • For an item result, click the result card to open its detail page.
  • For a document result, click the launch icon next to the breadcrumb to jump to the parent entity’s detail page; the file itself can be downloaded from there.

What is Indexed

The search service (powered by Elasticsearch behind the searchservice micro-service) indexes:

  • Items — Name, Short Name, Definition and key textual properties of every domain entity.
  • Documents — The extracted text of all attachments uploaded to entities.

Results are ranked by relevance and only items the current user is authorised to see are returned.