# Search view not working on related text fields

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/search-view-not-working-on-related-text-fields/10884>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/search-view-not-working-on-related-text-fields/10884 "2026-05-20T14:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![philipp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@philipp](https://community.fibery.io/u/philipp)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/search-view-not-working-on-related-text-fields/10884/1 "2026-05-20T14:40:28Z")

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if I try to “Search this view…” on “Alias” it doesn’t work - is that a bug?

search work on the text fields in views of the database itself (Plasmid Maps)

Best,  
Philipp

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/search-view-not-working-on-related-text-fields/10884/2 "2026-05-20T19:03:33Z")

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I think search only works on direct fields, so not so much a bug, but a missing feature