Global search #

Starburst Galaxy global search lets you search your data entities in Galaxy. Search terms match against many aspects of a data entity, including entity names, descriptions, tags, owners, and specific attributes like column names in a table.

To begin searching:

1. Click the magnifying glass icon located in the banner of Starburst Galaxy to open the search field. Alternatively, you can open the search field with the / key:

   

2. In the search field, enter your search term. A truncated preview of the results is shown.
3. Click the matching entity to navigate directly to that entity in the catalog explorer, or click View all results to navigate to the Search results pane. Click a filter, such as a tag name, to apply the filter to the search results pane.

Search results pane #

On the search results pane, you can filter results by using the Filter pane on the left, and selecting the filters to apply to the search results. For example, to only view schemas related to your search term, select Schema in the Asset type filter category:

Available filter categories include:

• Asset type: filter for catalogs, schemas, tables, views, and columns.
• Catalog: filter for specific catalogs.
• Tags: filter for associated tags.
• Contact: filter for users designated as contacts for the entity.
• Owner: filter for entity owner.

Click the pencil icon next to the search term to edit the search query.

Use the drop-down Order by menu to sort results by relevance, name, or description.

Click the Results per page drop-down to adjust the number of results you see per page to 5, 10, 25, or more if you have that many results.

Search in the query editor #

You can search your catalogs, schemas, tables, views, and columns by name in the cluster explorer pane of the query editor.

To search your data:

1. Use the Search data field denoted by the magnifying glass icon at the top of the cluster explorer pane.
2. Type your search term. As you type, entities that match what you are typing are revealed and highlighted in yellow:

In addition to providing search in the cluster explorer, Starburst Galaxy’s implementation of global search provides auto-completion for entity names when typing in the query editor pane.

See Query editor > Auto-completion for further information on auto-completion.

Search in the catalog explorer #

Similar to search in the query editor, you can search your entities in the catalog explorer as well.

To search your data:

1. Use the Search data field denoted by the magnifying glass icon at the top of the catalog explorer pane.
2. Type your search term. As you type, entities that match what you are typing are revealed and highlighted in yellow: